Scientific Research To Study Rare Genetic Disease Alkaptonuria
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have received £500,000 to develop a treatment for the rare, genetic disease Alkaptonuria. Patients being treated for the disorder do not have enough of the enzyme, homogentisic acid oxidase, which causes acid to build up in the body. Some of this acid is eliminated in the urine, but the remainder is deposited in body tissue where it is toxic.
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