FDA approves drug for rare liver disease
Hereditary
tyrosinemia type 1( HT-1) is a genetic metabolic disorder that causes progressive liver failure and liver cancer in young children. It's a very rare disease.// It is not among the metabolic diseases that all newborns are tested for at birth, so often infants die...
Adult Stem Cells Can Fight Diseases
...kus Grompe, showed that mice with a disease called
tyrosinemia type 1, which causes jaundice and cirrhosis of the liver, can be cured by infusing their livers with bone marrow stem cells, the online edition of BBC News reported. Analysis suggested the cells had reverted to the right number of chromosomes - the...
Tyrosinemia
... levels of amino acid tyrosine in blood (hyper
tyrosinemia ) and urine (tyrosinuria) due to deficiency of...ic hydrolase, ... Full article >>>
tyrosinemia - This is an inherited disorder that causes severe liver disease in infancy. It is very rare exce...
Phenylalanine
... phenylalanine for the treatment of hereditary
tyrosinemia type 1 (HT-1). Mfg: Orphan Pharmaceuticals USA. Full article >>> These people cannot metabolize foods that contain large amounts of phenylalanine , one of the ingredients in aspartame. People with this condition must avoid aspart...
Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency
...e several inborn errors of metabolism such as
tyrosinemia , glycogen storage disease type I, galactosemia , and alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency . Full article >>>...