13th International Scientific Conference on AKU

13th International Scientific Conference on AKU

We are pleased to announce that we are hosting our 13th international conference on AKU, which will be held from the 27-28th of July. It will be held at the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, in Bratislava, Slovakia. The focus of the conference will be on...
This is rare!

This is rare!

This week’s blog is written by our trustee and AKU patient, Tony Esmond, who recently took part in Sanofi‘s This is Rare Campaign. To mark Rare Disease Day, Sanofi launched their This is Rare Campaign which united rare disease patients, patient group representatives,...
Happy Garrod Day!

Happy Garrod Day!

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...
Meet Harriet – AKU PhD Student

Meet Harriet – AKU PhD Student

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...
AKU Counselling Service

AKU Counselling Service

The AKU Society provides a free and confidential counselling service for all those impacted by AKU, whether you or a family member are newly diagnosed, or have been living with it for some time. This service is provided by David and Rebecca from RaremindsCIC....