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New drug holds out promise of normal diet for sufferers of devastating PKU genetic disease
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Jan 14, 2009 |
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Imagine being forced to say no to a child crying for more food at supper. Sadly, Margie Fischer doesn't have to imagine it; that was normal life at her family's dinner table for years. Her daughter Maggie, now 20, suffers ...
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SCID Kids Leading Healthy, Normal Lives 25 Years After 'Bubble Boy'
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention the words "bubble boy" and many will recall David Vetter, the kid with big eyes and a thick thatch of dark hair who died 25 years ago after spending almost the entire 12 years of his life in a germ-free, ...
Adults with genetic disorder PKU need to get back to the clinic
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Genetic researchers at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, are aggressively identifying adult patients who suffer from the genetic disorder, Phenylketonuria (PKU), and are presenting those findings at the 11th International ...
Study reveals new options for people with PKU
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For people with the genetic condition known as phenylketonuria (PKU), diet is a constant struggle. They can eat virtually no protein, and instead get their daily dose of this key macronutrient by drinking ...
First trimester smoking linked to oral clefts
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Smoking during the first trimester of pregnancy is clearly linked with an increased risk of cleft lip in newborns. Genes that play a role in detoxification of cigarette smoke do not appear to be involved. This is shown in ...
Drug therapy for PKU reverses heart damage
May 13, 2008 |
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A pricy drug used to treat a rare but well-known genetic disorder may hold wider promise as a treatment for millions of Americans with potentially lethal enlarged hearts, due mainly to high blood pressure, a study from Johns ...
Assembling the jigsaw puzzle of drug addiction
Jan 05, 2008 |
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Using an integrative meta-analysis approach, researchers from the Center for Bioinformatics at Peking University in Beijing have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction and identified five molecular ...
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