Carriers of this autosomal recessive condition have elevated phenylalanine levels- levels that are not sufficiently high to cause symptoms, but that are high enough that they may have a protective ...
Medically reviewed by Allison Herries, RDN L-tyrosine is an amino acid that's often used in supplements to improve cognitive ...
The disease makes it impossible to break down the amino acid phenylalanine, so that it builds up to toxic levels in the body and disrupts neuronal communication. Once a child was diagnosed, a strict ...
Two doses of aspartame were used in the loading test 50mg/kg and 100mg/kg. Blood levels of phe were measured hourly and the aromatic acid metabolites of phe and phenylethylamine (PEA) were ...
Preclinical data demonstrate that SYNB1618 reduces phenylalanine levels in a mouse model by converting phenylalanine to hippurate, a useful biomarker that can be tracked in the urine. Synlogic’s ...