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View Post: Bellyaching and Benedictions: Phenylketonuria (PKU) - In the ...
28 Aug 2009 by Peeveme  
Phenylketonuria (PKU) - In the "Spoke Too Soon" Department. There's no easy way to say it...unless you use the acronym. Got the word that Bambina tested positive for PKU, a genetic disorder. People with PKU lack an enzyme to process a ...
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View Post: Do you feel the FDA should allow 2500000 people to die by ...
12 hours ago
Phenylketonuria, or PKU, is a very rare genetic disorder where you cannot process aspartame correctly. They now do blood tests on newborns to see if they have PKU. Also, PKU is related to phenylalanine, a naturally occuring substance. ...
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View Post: The Undeclared Pandemic of: ASPARTAME, page 1
20 Nov 2009 by Scarcer  
It is advised that people with the genetic disorder, phenylketonuria (PKU) do not consume aspartame as they are unable to metabolize the phenylalanine that is produced on its hydrolysis. A high level of phenyalanine in the brain is ...
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View Post: Unresponsiveness to tetrahydrobiopterin of phenylalanine ...
16 Nov 2009 by Alberto Ponzone, Francesco Porta, Alessandro...  
Conflicting results have been reported concerning the efficacy of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), the cofactor of phenylalanine hydroxylase, for reducing phenylalanine (Phe) concentration in phenylketonuria (PKU). ...
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View Post: AGIPNEWS7760 USPTO Issues Patent Covering the Approved ...
7 Nov 2009
Kuvan (sapropterin dihydrochloride) Tablets are indicated in the United States to reduce blood phenylalanine (Phe) levels in patients with hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA) due to tetrahydrobiopterin- (BH4-) responsive phenylketonuria (PKU). ...
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View Post: Adele Diamond
Adele Diamond One of the Founders of Field of ...
22 Nov 2009 by admin   ...
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View Post: Particles Detected in Vials from Genzyme's Plant Not Expected to ...
16 Nov 2009
... Aldurazyme® (laronidase) for mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I), a product which BioMarin developed through a 50/50 joint venture with Genzyme Corporation; and Kuvan® (sapropterin dihydrochloride) Tablets, for phenylketonuria (PKU), ...
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View Post: Hard Won Wisdom: Does a mother "know" things?
8 Nov 2009 by rb  
Phenylketonuria (PKU) was unheard of. Ben's speech teacher in developmental pre-school actually had 2 sisters who died early deaths in institutions (one at age 11) because it hadn't been discovered that decreasing phenyalanine in their ...
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