The woman who could get brain damage from drinking Diet Coke!
Emma Harbage, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, suffers from phenylketonuria - which means her liver is unable to break down phenylalanine, which is found in aspartame. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 3, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - October 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
BioMarin Submits Pegvaliase Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. FDA for Treatment of Phenylketonuria (PKU)
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 30, 2017 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) announced that the company submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) on Friday, June 30, 2017 to the U.S. Food and Drug Admini... Biopharmaceuticals, FDA BioMarin Pharmaceutical, pegvaliase, Phenylketonuria (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - June 30, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Phenylketonuria: Symptoms, tests, and treatment
Phenylketonuria is a rare genetic condition that affects how amino acids are broken down in the body. Learn more about how the condition is managed. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 17, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news
WATCH: MLB player Mark Melancon discusses his daughter's battle with rare illness
ABC News' Michael Rothman talks to San Francisco Giants pitcher Mark Melancon about his daughters fight with phenylketonuria (PKU). (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - May 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Entertainment Source Type: news
Designer babies: an ethical horror waiting to happen?
Nearly 40 years since the first ‘test-tube baby’, how close are we to editing out all of our genetic imperfections – and should we even try to do so?Comfortably seated in the fertility clinic with Vivaldi playing softly in the background, you and your partner are brought coffee and a folder. Inside the folder is an embryo menu. Each embryo has a description, something like this:Embryo 78 – male• No serious early onset diseases, but a carrier for phenylketonuria (a metabolic malfunction that can cause behavioural and mental disorders. Carriers just have one copy of the gene, so don’t get the condition themselves...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 8, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Philip Ball Tags: Reproduction Science IVF Health Fertility problems Society Embryos Biology Stem cells Medical research Source Type: news
American Gene Technologies Announces Collaboration with...
Jerry Vockley, MD, PhD collaborates with AGT on Phenylketonuria (PKU)(PRWeb May 13, 2016)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/05/prweb13414870.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - May 14, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Hacking Gut Bacteria Could Be The Future Of Medicine
The human gut microbiome -- which includes the community of trillions of bacteria living within our intestines -- has been called one of the next big frontiers in medicine. In recent years, a growing body of research has shown that the bacteria in our gut exert a powerful influence on our immune and endocrine systems, brain health, mood and cognitive function, and other key biological processes. We know that the balance of good and bad bacteria in the gut can keep us healthy -- or can contribute to disease. Now, the next step for this exciting medical frontier is learning how to leverage the power of the microbi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hacking Gut Bacteria Could Be The Future Of Medicine
The human gut microbiome -- which includes the community of trillions of bacteria living within our intestines -- has been called one of the next big frontiers in medicine. In recent years, a growing body of research has shown that the bacteria in our gut exert a powerful influence on our immune and endocrine systems, brain health, mood and cognitive function, and other key biological processes. We know that the balance of good and bad bacteria in the gut can keep us healthy -- or can contribute to disease. Now, the next step for this exciting medical frontier is learning how to leverage the power of the microbi...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 11, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Scientists offer new insight on rare genetic condition
(University of Missouri-Columbia) All children are screened for a host of conditions at birth, such as Phenylketonuria, a genetic disorder that is passed by mutated genes from both parents to their offspring. Currently the primary way to manage the disease is through a restricted diet. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri, are using magnetic resonance imaging to learn more about the effects of this disorder on the brain and to assist scientists in developing therapeutic drugs. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Why Does Aspartame Have a Warning Label?
Discussion
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease. The PAH gene is found on chromosome 12 and has more than 600 mutations associated with it. The incidence varies but PKU is primarily found in Caucasian populations. The PAH gene codes for phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) which catalyzes the amino acid phenylalanine (Phe) to tyrosine. PAH uses a cofactor called tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) in this process. With a deficiency in PAH, Phe accumulates and can cause severe cognitive impairment and global developmental delay, microcephaly, seizures, poor growth and poor skin pigmentation. Tyrosine also de...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 7, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Determination of Phenylalanine and Tyrosine by High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Hyperphenylalaninemia/phenylketonuria (PKU) is one of the most common inborn errors of amino acid metabolism affecting about 1:15,000 infants in the United States. PKU is an autosomal recessive disorder that if untreated results in mental retardation. The most common cause of PKU is deficiency of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase that converts phenylalanine to tyrosine. Tyrosine deficiency results in impaired synthesis of catecholamines and thyroxine. Less commonly, it can result from defects in the synthesis or regeneration of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), an essential cofactor for the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase. In...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Imaging/Radiology - November 27, 2015 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
BioMarin to Acquire Rights to Phenylketonuria (PKU) Franchise From Merck Serono
Strengthens and Expands BioMarin's Leadership Position Serving PKU Patients with Rights to Both Kuvan(R) (sapropterin dihydrochloride) and Pegvaliase Beyond North America
2016 Full-year Guidance for Kuvan Expected to be Between $320M-$350M including $70... Biopharmaceuticals, AcquisitionsBioMarin Pharmaceutical, Merck Serono, Kuvan, Phenylketonuria (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - October 1, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Nutrigenomics: The Diet That Can Change Your DNA
Diet and exercise. The importance of both was known to the earliest humans, but today we know much more about how food and exercise affects our minds and bodies through scientific evidence. In this two-part series, I delve into the latest science behind diet and exercise and how they are ultimately the foundation of optimal health. My last post was on the effects of exercise on the brain; here I explore nutrition:
During the winter of 1944-1945, a terrible famine swept through the Netherlands and carried on until liberation in May 1945. During this time, dubbed the "Hongerwinter," the Dutch population's nutritional intak...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
