Inspired by his mentally disabled son, Robert Guthrie, MD, PhD, became a tireless advocate for individuals with intellectual handicaps. He devoted much of his career to researching the prevention of ...

A ground-breaking newborn screening test for phenylketonuria (PKU) will be launched by NovaUCD-based Enzolve Technologies later this week, following the granting of the CE Mark. Enzolve Technologies, ...

Babies get tested for many things right after they are born. The heel prick includes a test for phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare birth defect that causes a certain amino acid to build up in the body. Dr.

PKU is a rare congenital metabolic disorder that results in the accumulation of the amino acid phenylalanine in body fluids and the nervous system. The abnormal accumulation of amino acid in a child’s ...

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 ...

The lives of Palestinian newborn babies in the blockaded Gaza Strip are at risk as the health authorities are unable to carry out testing for phenylketonuria (PKU), a hereditary disease, an official ...