by AKU | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s that time of year again; our annual Garrod Day Coffee Morning is on the 25th of November. Sir Archibald Garrod was an doctor who first described AKU as an inborn error of metabolism and noticed it was inherited in 1902. He had a childhood interest with...
by AKU | Aug 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
We are very sad to announce that Ann Kerrigan passed away last week due to complications during heart surgery. Ann has been involved with the AKU Society for as long as we can remember and was one of the first people to attend the National Alkaptonuria Centre...
by AKU | Aug 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Hi! My name is Maria and I am currently a 2nd-year student at Royal Holloway University of London, where I study Psychology. I come from Madrid in Spain, but I have been living in England for the last two years of my life. During these two years, I have worked as a...
by AKU | Aug 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today’s blog is written by Nick Sireau the Chair and CEO of the AKU Society, It was in 2003 that I sat down with Robert Gregory, Prof Alan Shenkin and Prof Ranganath in an office at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and discussed where we wanted to go with the...
by AKU | Jul 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
My name is Alev Sen. I’m the main researcher on a study of treatment for AKU in UK healthcare. The study is sociological which means it will focus on the way AKU and relevant treatments are understood and approached. It is not a medical research study...
