Urea cycle disorders (UCDs) are a group of diseases. They make it hard for your child’s body to remove waste products as they digest proteins. They are inherited diseases -- you pass them down ...

An Indiana University School of Medicine physician scientist is making strides in understanding the molecular origins of fatty liver ... acid cycle regulation by hepatocyte arginase 2 links the ...

Ammonia can be produced by the break-down of amino ... acids, or by the gut bacteria in humans. If the level of ammonia in the blood becomes too high, then it becomes toxic to the brain. The urea ...

The treatment of disorders related to the urea cycle is a lifelong process aimed ... fats and carbohydrates in the diet to make sure essential amino acids are adequately ingested and calorie ...

Chennai: A five-year-old boy with a rare genetic disorder underwent a successful liver transplant using robotic arms, ...

The team then asked the participants to cycle ... with liver cirrhosis. The researchers assessed muscle strength by testing each participant’s hand grip. BCAAs are essential amino acids, which ...

A physician scientist is making strides in understanding the molecular origins of fatty liver ... that these urea cycle defects lead to secondary impairment in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle ...