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What is the history of Phenylketonuria?
When was Phenylketonuria discovered? What is the story of this discovery? Was it coincidence or not?
In the 1960s the the doctors begin to find out that people who are severely retarded often had sensitivity to protein levels specifically phenylalanine in protein. In the 1970s they mandated all children born in the US to be given at Guthrie heel prick to test for PKU
Posted Sep 22, 2017 by Nickelle 2000
