by AKU | Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Reece, our Admin and Communications Officer, is leaving our team at the end of this week. He is going back to the University of Cambridge to study for Master’s in Classics, with a particular focus on the politics of ancient Rome. This week, Reece talks about the...
by AKU | Sep 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
In this week’s blog, we meet Juliet, our new Fundraising Officer. Juliet will be involved in apply for funds from trusts and foundations along with organising exciting community events. All to support the vital work the charity does to help patients with AKU. What...
by AKU | Aug 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
In 2012, AKU Society CEO Nick Sireau and others founded a charity called Findacure. Findacure helps rare disease patient groups get off the ground. The hope is that all can enjoy the same success as the AKU Society. We covered them on our blog on 11th April – check it...
by AKU | Aug 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
The newly published results of a study held at the National Alkaptonuria Centre (NAC) show that a drug called nitisinone improves the health of AKU patients. They also show that it reverses a process called ochronosis, where a black pigment is deposited in tissue as a...
by AKU | Jul 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
New research has proven for the first time that a drug called nitisinone treats AKU in people. For three years, the Liverpool-based National Alkaptonuria Centre (NAC), which gives nitisinone to English and Scottish AKU patients, was running an observational study to...
