PKU
Americanabbreviation
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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
The PKU team wondered whether lactate was using one of these receptors to cause cachexia.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 2, 2024
Prof Green first noticed the dusty glass column used decades earlier to prepare the first PKU treatment on a shelf in her boss's office at Birmingham Children's Hospital in 1971.
From BBC • Jan. 1, 2024
At Children’s Hospital, Richard Koch devoted most of his career to developmental disabilities, especially the early detection and prevention of phenylketonuria, commonly called PKU.
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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