by AKU | May 29, 2025 | AKU Blog
I’m Georga Chilton, the new Communications Officer at the AKU Society. I’m excited to be part of the team and wanted to take a moment to introduce myself, share a little about my journey into communications, and talk about what I’m looking forward to as I settle into...
by AKU | Nov 3, 2022 | AKU Blog
Today’s blog is written by Harriet Willett, who has just begun her PhD researching AKU at the University of Liverpool: Hi everyone! I’m Harriet. I am a graduate from Lancaster University with a Master’s in NaturalSciences specialising in chemistry and statistics. I...
by AKU | Sep 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
The AKU Society is proud to announce that the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which regulates medications across Europe, has given a positive opinion on the extension of the use of nitisinone to treat AKU. This means the EMA feels that nitisinone can be...
by AKU | Jan 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
A Happy New Year from Everyone at the AKU Society. Now that 2018 is well and truly behind us, we would like to take the opportunity to look back at another successful year for the AKU Society. Our 2nd International Patient Workshop In April we hosted our second...
by AKU | Nov 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Garrod Day is quickly approaching. It’s a very important day in the history of alkaptonuria (AKU). In this week’s blog we celebrate all of Sir Archibald Garrod’s fantastic achievements and discuss how you can make an impact by hosting your own coffee morning for...
