It was 50 years ago this month that the Journal of the American Medical Association published a letter from Robert Guthrie, UB professor of pediatrics and microbiology, reporting on a new test for ...

Newborn screening for PKU has allowed for early management of the condition, which serves to improve the prognosis in most cases. Research into PKU in adults has focused mostly on cognitive function; ...

Newborn screening, which represents one of the major advances in child health of the past century, has been carried out in all fifty U.S. states since the 1970s. New-born screening programs are ...

1 National Newborn Screening & Genetics Resource Center, 1912 W Anderson Lane #210, Austin, TX78757, USA. 2 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Pediatrics, 7703 ...

A special diet is the main treatment for phenylketonuria. Medications are also available. Treatment and monitoring is lifelong. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited condition where the amino acid ...

A MUM whose two kids have a rare disease which means eating could leave them with life-long brain damage is campaigning for ...