Heartbreak of Krabbe disease: A mother’s story “My son’s life had some kind of meaning. But when I looked up, I just saw this black hole. Anne Rugari She buried her year-old son that day, sat on her front porch that night and stared at the sky....
Another $500,000 is headed to the National PKU Alliance Fund, established to support research for new treatments and, ultimately, a cure for the genetic disorder. With four Lifting the Limits fundraising events in various cities over the past year — the latest...
Poland Celebrates Dr. Robert Guthrie Many PKU patients in Poland gathered with Prof. Maria Giewska MD, PhD of Pomeranian Medical University on June 25 to recognize the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Robert Guthrie. He’s the American scientist whose...
Dr. Bob Guthrie’s other invention: Peanut butter and tomato? On Dad’s 100th birthday anniversary, June 28, 2016, my sisters and oldest brother gathered in Seattle and ate and drank some of Bob Guthrie’s favorite foods: cornbread dipped in buttermilk...
By Patricia Guthrie My father talked. Boy, did he talk. About newborn screening. Constantly. Day, night, at the dinner table, the breakfast table, in the wee hours of the morning, over cocktails, in church pews, at school board meetings and to the many unfortunate...
