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PKU

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PKU British  

abbreviation

  1. phenylketonuria

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The researchers demonstrated an unprecedented spatial resolution of λ/1000 and successfully imaged deep-subwavelength patterns, including the letters "PKU" and "SFM."

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

In a well-known quirk of tumor metabolism, cancer cells switch to a less efficient mode of energy production that churns out lactate as a waste product, says co-author Xinli Hu, a molecular biologist at PKU.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 2, 2024

These are people with an inherited disease called phenylketonuria or PKU, who are born unable to metabolise the phenylalanine that is released as aspartame is broken down.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2023

In 1997, Jean Koch published “Robert Guthrie – the PKU Story,” a biography of the doctor who developed the first PKU screening test.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023

Pregnant women with PKU are at a high risk for exposing the fetus to too much phenylalanine, which can cross the placenta and affect fetal development.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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