Medical researchers who are interested in initiating a thalassemia-related project or who have an existing project that requires additional funding: The Cooley’s Anemia Foundation may be just what you need.
CAF has a decades-long history of supporting innovative and important research in thalassemia. Our established and respected Medical Fellowship program has funded numerous early career individuals who have continued to stay in the thalassemia field and make important contributions to the scientific and clinical study of thalassemia.
Our Support for Ongoing Clinical Research in Thalassemia Grants and Clinical Trials in Thalassemia Cell and Gene Therapy Grants are aggressively pushing forward the understanding of issues of concern to the growing thalassemia population and helping to propel advances in areas of primary importance.
The Cooley’s Anemia Foundation is accepting applications for medical research grants and fellowships in areas related to thalassemia. The awards are in three categories: Clinical Trials in Thalassemia Cell & Gene Therapy Application Clinical Research Application Research Fellowship Application Details are as follows: Clinical Trials in Thalassemia Cell and Gene Therapy Application The Cooley’s Anemia […]
We’re proud to announce five new Cooley’s Anemia Foundation Medical Research Fellowships for the 2024-2025 grant cycle. The total amount of funding for the research Fellowships is $250,000. These Fellowship recipients were assessed on the basis of the quality of the scientific content, the academic accomplishments and future promise of the investigator, the quality of […]
*IMPORTANT: The following information is a press release that has been released in advance of the date being presented for peer review* Agios Pharmaceuticals announced Monday that its drug Pyrukynd (mitapivat), an oral pyruvate kinase activator, reached its primary endpoint in a Phase III trial evaluating adults with the blood disorder transfusion-dependent alpha- or beta-thalassemia. […]
Care Walk is the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation’s annual fundraising event and opportunity to bring together the thalassemia community and its supporters around the country. Funds raised support medical research to fight thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, as well as patient support services for thalassemia patients across the country. Click here to register for Care Walk!! […]
The FDA has approved Vertex and CRISPR’s gene-editing therapy Casgevy to treat beta thalassemia. Casgevy becomes the first therapy for the rare blood disorder to use the innovative CRISPR gene-editing technology. Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics have scored an FDA approval for their gene-editing therapy Casgevy (exa-cel) to treat transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia (TDT). The approval […]
Agios Announces Phase 3 ENERGIZE Study of Mitapivat Met Primary Endpoint and Both Key Secondary Endpoints in Adults with Non-Transfusion-Dependent Alpha- or Beta-Thalassemia January 3, 2024 – Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the global Phase 3 ENERGIZE study of mitapivat in adults with non-transfusion-dependent (NTD) alpha- or beta-thalassemia achieved its primary endpoint of […]
Care Walk is the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation’s annual fundraising event and opportunity to bring together the thalassemia community and its supporters around the country. Funds raised support medical research to fight thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder, as well as patient support services for thalassemia patients across the country. Your Walk, Your Way! Care Walk is set up […]
The Cooley’s Anemia Foundation is accepting applications for medical research grants and fellowships in areas related to thalassemia. The awards are in three categories: Clinical Trials in Thalassemia Cell & Gene Therapy Clinical Research Application Research Fellowship Application Details are as follows: CLINICAL TRIALS IN THALASSEMIA CELL AND GENE THERAPY The Cooley’s Anemia Foundation invites […]
We’re proud to announce two new Cooley’s Anemia Foundation Medical Research Fellowships and two renewal Medical Research Fellowships for the 2023-2024 grant cycle. The total amount of funding for the two research Fellowships is $200,000. These Fellowship recipients were assessed on the basis of the quality of the scientific content, the academic accomplishments and future […]
The Cooley’s Anemia Foundation is accepting applications for medical research grants and fellowships in areas related to thalassemia.
