by AKU | Nov 15, 2022 | AKU Blog
Today is Garrod day, an important event in the history of AKU. The 25th of November marks the birthday of Sir Archibald Garrod who first identified that AKU was inherited in 1901. The day is now used to raise awareness of AKU. Our co-founder and trustee Prof Ranganath...
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 | Jun 1, 2022 | AKU Blog
This week’s blog looks back at our 12th International Conference on AKU. After two years of COVID, we were finally able to reunite the AKU scientific community. We heard presentations from 23 speakers, coming from eight different countries, who discussed current and...
by AKU | Nov 8, 2021 | AKU Blog
Today’s blog is written by one of our hardworking volunteers for our exciting upcoming crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the first Global Black Bone Disease registry My name is Denise Higgins and I am an AKU patient and president of The AKU Society of North...
by AKU | Jul 1, 2021 | AKU Blog
Today’s blog is written by Hannah Harrison, the Head of Patient Support & Welfare at the AKU Society. The past fifteen months have been tough for everyone, and the AKU community is no exception. When we held our clinics at the NAC in March 2020, we had no idea how...
