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  2. Neonatal heel prick - Wikipedia

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    The test uses the growth of a strain of bacteria on a specially-prepared agar plate as a sign for the presence of high levels of phenylalanine, phenylpyruvate, and/or phenyllactate. The compound B-2-thienylalanine will inhibit the growth of the bacterium Bacillus subtilis (ATCC 6051) on minimal culture media. If phenylalanine, phenylpyruvate ...

  3. Hyperphenylalaninemia - Wikipedia

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    Phenylalanine concentrations are routinely screened in newborns by the neonatal heel prick (Guthrie test), which takes a few drops of blood from the heel of the infant. Standard phenylalanine concentrations in unaffected persons are about 2-6mg/dl (120–360 μmol/L) phenylalanine concentrations in those with untreated hyperphenylalaninemia can ...

  4. Phenylketonuria - Wikipedia

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    This test can reveal elevated phenylalanine levels after one or two days of normal infant feeding. [11] [12] If a child is not diagnosed during the routine newborn screening test and a phenylalanine-restricted diet is not introduced, then phenylalanine levels in the blood will increase over time.

  5. Newborn screening - Wikipedia

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    Newborn screening programs initially used screening criteria based largely on criteria established by JMG Wilson and F. Jungner in 1968. [6] Although not specifically about newborn population screening programs, their publication, Principles and practice of screening for disease proposed ten criteria that screening programs should meet before being used as a public health measure.

  6. Robert Guthrie (microbiologist) - Wikipedia

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    Robert Guthrie, MD, Ph.D. (June 28, 1916 – June 24, 1995) was an American microbiologist, best known for developing the bacterial inhibition assay used to screen infants for phenylketonuria at birth, before the development of irreversible neurological damage. [1]

  7. YouTuber Brooklyn McKnight and Husband Dakota Welcome First ...

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    YouTuber Brooklyn McKnight is a mom!. The influencer, 25, has welcomed her first baby with husband Dakota Blackburn, announcing the exciting news on her joint Instagram with her twin sister Bailey ...

  8. TikTokker reveals how DNA test may have solved a notorious ...

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    A TikTokker has revealed how a simple Ancestry DNA test may have solved a notorious 27-year murder mystery known as the Baby Garnet case — and landed her grandmother in jail.

  9. Katy Perry Keeps Old Pregnancy Test Next to Orlando Bloom’s ...

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    Perry and Bloom, 48, welcomed daughter Daisy, now 4, in August 2020. While celebrating Mother’s Day in May 2024, the pop star reflected on her pregnancy. “Today I told my mother that the day I ...