The KATA Foundation
The primary mission of the Kendall & Taylor Atkinson Foundation (KATA) is to support scientific and medical research in developing effective treatments and a cure for Fanconi anemia (FA), and its related side effects.
What is Fanconi Anemia (FA)?
Fanconi anemia is an inherited disease that can lead to bone marrow failure and cancer. Though considered primarily a blood disease, FA may affect all systems of the body. Most patients require a bone marrow transplant in childhood. Many patients develop leukemia. Patients who live into adulthood are extremely likely to develop head and neck, gynecologic, and/or gastrointestinal cancer which occur much earlier than the general population.
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