A Tyrosine Study with Dr. Milad Khedr

A Tyrosine Study with Dr. Milad Khedr

Dr. Milad Khedr is a doctor at Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals. He is studying the effect of nitisinone on the tyrosine levels of AKU patients. Here, we ask him about his work. 1) What is the purpose of this study? Alkaptonuria (AKU) means that the...
Meet the Patient: Bob Montague

Meet the Patient: Bob Montague

In this week’s blog, we hear about Bob Montague, who went to the National Alkaptonuria Centre (NAC) for the first time this January. Now 70 years old, Bob read law at the London School of Economics, after which he went to work as a solicitor for a major...
Two Months (and Three Events) with the AKU Society

Two Months (and Three Events) with the AKU Society

In December 2017, Reece Edmends, the AKU Society’s newly appointed Admin and Communications Officer, attended the National Alkaptonuria Centre (NAC) review with NHS England. He also sat in on the AKU Society’s scientific away day, held the day after.  This...
2017 in Review

2017 in Review

So 2017 is finally coming to an end. This year has been one of our busiest yet, with THREE patient workshops, a flurry of fundraising activity and even a bit of globe-trotting to promote the AKU Society! We have lots of plans for 2018, which we will release early in...