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 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...
by AKU | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
Preparations are underway for Stand up for AKU! – our charity comedy night, coming up on 3rd October at 7.30pm. It’s in Cambridge’s Portland Arms, a great venue for live comedy. Five professional comedians (Pam Ford, Rob Coleman, Jason Stampe, Jenny B...
by AKU | Jan 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
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...
by AKU | Feb 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
On 29th February, we celebrated Rare Disease Day – a day designed to raise awareness of rare diseases, encourage service improvements and ensure that patients’ voices are heard. The theme of the day was appropriately named, ‘Patient Voice’, and the AKU team joined...
