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 ...

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 ...

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.

A Co Armagh father has shared his family’s experience of raising a son with phenylketonuria (PKU) as pharmaceutical company ...

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 ...