Agents identified by these methods are also disclosed as are methods for treating a subject with cancer and/or Fanconi anemia with these agents.

Problems with DNA repair also occur in children with the disease called Fanconi's anemia, he added.

Problems with DNA repair also occur in children with the disease called Fanconi’s anemia, he added.

The first cord blood transplant was done in France in 1988 on an American boy who suffered from Fanconi anemia.

Sixteen-year old Laith Abu Areesh suffers from Fanconi’s Anemia, a condition that affects the bone marrow’s ability to make healthy blood cells.

Fanconi anemia is, “an inherited DNA-repair disease that may lead to bone marrow failure (aplastic anemia), leukemia, and/or solid tumors.

The assays and method described herein are easily adaptable to high throughput techniques for example to screen large numbers of agents as possible agents for the treatment of cancer and/or Fanconi anemia.

The first saviour baby was the little Adam Nash, born on 29th August 2000 in USA to allow transplantation to his elder sister, Molly, with Fanconi’s anemia.

hemolytic anemia secondary to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

hemolytic anemia secondary to G6PD deficiency

Types of anemia associated with vitamin B-12 are pernicious anemia, macrocytic anemia, and megaloblastic anemia.

hemolytic anemia secondary to pyruvate kinase deficiency

Macrocytic-normochromic anemias (pernicious and folate-deficiency)

Though this is a common treatment for aplastic anemia, the preparation of a patient with FA is very different than other aplastic anemia conditions.

This deficiency causes anemia, macrocytic anemia, and megaloblastic anemia.