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 ...
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 ...
A special diet is the main treatment for phenylketonuria. Medications are also available. Treatment and monitoring is lifelong. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited condition where the amino acid ...