Phenyl - Free ® 1, Phenyl - Free ® 2 and Phenyl - Free ® 2HP are infant formula and medical food powders that are free of the essential amino acid phenylalanine for infants, toddlers, children, and adults
with phenylketonuria (PKU).
The classic success story is neonatal screening
for phenylketonuria [a genetic disorder characterized by the inability to utilize the amino acid phenylalanine], which has saved thousands of children's brains.
Children with the genetic
disorder phenylketonuria, for example, are usually diagnosed after birth and must be put on a strict, lifelong diet.
And in a truly breastfeeding - friendly society, the mother's breastmilk could be processed to be suitable even for babies with conditions such
as phenylketonuria.
Lacprodan ® CGMP - 20 is a bioactive whey peptide which is recommended for the diets of people suffering from a rare genetic disorder
called phenylketonuria (PKU).
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Individuals who suffer
from phenylketonuria — a metabolic disorder that causes cognitive impairment when phenylalanine level is too high — can use GMP as an alternative protein source.
select from several other options including untreatable childhood disorders (e.g. Tay - Sachs Disease), treatable adulthood disorders (e.g. hereditary colon cancer), untreatable adulthood disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's Disease) and disease carrier status (
e.g. phenylketonuria).
A. Down syndrome B. Turner syndrome C. galactosemia
D. phenylketonuria Answer: The correct answer is (C).
Mild phenylketonuria can be an unsuspected cause of hyperactivity, learning problems, and other developmental problems in children.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: «What are common treatments
for phenylketonuria (PKU)?»
Statements like the following, from an influential paper by Victor McKusick and Leena Peltonen in the journal Science, give them a chill: «Currently, newborn babies can be screened for treatable genetic diseases such
as phenylketonuria.
When your baby's born, one of the early newborn screening tests will be for something
called phenylketonuria, or PKU.
The procedure may be effective for other inherited metabolic diseases,
including phenylketonuria and organic acidurias, said Christopher Lynch, professor of cellular and molecular physiology, lead researcher.
«Palatable functional and medical foods can be made with GMP, and such foods may be beneficial in the management
of phenylketonuria, obesity and inflammatory bowel disease,» the researchers wrote.
Woo's technique may one day be used to treat the metabolic
disorder phenylketonuria (PKU), in which the gene for the hepatic enzyme known as phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) is defective.
«We plan to diagnose things
like phenylketonuria, where the cure is as simple as avoiding certain foods.
More than 200 studies have been performed and the only documented health risks are to people who suffer
from phenylketonuria (PKU), who can not metabolize the L - phenylalanine.
Patients can choose to have no other incidental findings reported, or select from several other options including untreatable childhood disorders (e.g. Tay - Sachs Disease), treatable adulthood disorders (e.g. hereditary colon cancer), untreatable adulthood disorders (e.g. Alzheimer's Disease) and disease carrier status (
e.g. phenylketonuria).
Also, a newborn screening blood test is done before the baby leaves the hospital to look for PKU (
phenylketonuria), congenital hypothyroidism, and other diseases that need to be diagnosed early in infancy to ensure successful treatment.
Since they are testing your baby's ability to digest a certain protein (
phenylketonuria) they won't know until after your baby has breastfed for several days whether or not her or she is actually having trouble digesting phenylketonuria.
Examples of recessive disorders: sickle cell anemia, Tay - Sachs,
phenylketonuria (PKU).
When your baby is 48 hours old, her heel will be pricked and a few drops of blood taken to test for
phenylketonuria (PKU), hypothyroidism, and other disorders.
This blood will then be tested for various things, including hypothyroidism and
phenylketonuria (PKU).
Medical foods include those items produced for people with particular diseases such
a phenylketonuria.
A high protein medical food powder that is free of the essential amino acid phenylalanine for children and adults with
phenylketonuria (PKU).
Cystic fibrosis, achondroplasia,
phenylketonuria and Huntington's disease are each caused by simple changes in the sequence of a single gene.
Had Linda Fernandez been born a few years later, her blood would have been screened for
phenylketonuria (PKU).
You may never have heard of
phenylketonuria, but most Americans born since the mid-1960s have been tested for it.
They believe the same antisense strategy may lead to treatments for Tay - Sachs syndrome,
phenylketonuria and certain forms of cystic fibrosis.
A number of uncommon metabolic disorders, such as
phenylketonuria — in which the body can't break down the amino acid phenylalanine — can be linked to autism spectrum disorder if left untreated2.
Food products made from a specific protein found in whey can safely be part of a more palatable diet for individuals diagnosed with
phenylketonuria (PKU), according to a new clinical trial led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin — Madison and Boston Children's Hospital.
Certain kinds of foods prescribed to manage the rare metabolic disorder
phenylketonuria (PKU) could contribute to skeletal fragility seen in many PKU patients, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin — Madison researchers.
The most familiar is
phenylketonuria, an autosomal recessive disease that results in an inability to digest phenylalanine.
As infants, if these individuals receive regular milk or milk products, the unbroken phenylalanine will accumulate and cause brain damage (The disease is called
phenylketonuria).
He was also involved in implementing a province - wide newborn screening program for
phenylketonuria (PKU) and hypothyroidism.
People with
phenylketonuria should avoid aspartame.
Furthermore, individuals with the rare genetic disorder
phenylketonuria (PKU) should avoid this sweetener at all cost, as Advantame — like Aspartame — contains phenylalanine and individuals with PKU have difficulty metabolizing this ingredient.
If you have
phenylketonuria, or PKU, do not use aspartame, as your body is unable to break down phenylalanine, an amino acid found in it.
A new treatment for
phenylketonuria.
Use cautiously with
phenylketonuria, autoimmune diseases, bleeding disorders, diabetes, osteoporosis or if taking products containing the blue - green algae species Anabaena spp., Aphanizomenon spp., and Microcystis spp..