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Koch, Jean Holt: Robert Guthrie - the Pku Story: Crusade against Mental
Retardation. Hope Publishing House 1997
Product Description:
All newborns in the U.S. and in many parts of the world now have a couple of
drops of blood drawn from their heels in order to test them for PKU and a host
of other genetic disorders that can cause mental retardation or premature death
if not treated immediately. This is the biography of the man best known for his
development of newborn screening for PKU. Yet this was only one of his
prodigious accomplishments. Tests were developed in Bob Guthrie's laboratory for
more than 30 treatable disorders that cause mental retardation or death, giving
the term "newborn screening" fresh meaning. He also waged a battle
against lead poisoning long before the public or the medical community became
concerned about this danger and was a member of the Physicians for Social
Responsibility-an organization devoted to preventing nuclear war and o-posing
nuclear weapons testing.
Linkkejä:
PKU13.3.2005