Inspired by his mentally disabled son, Robert Guthrie, MD, PhD, became a tireless advocate for individuals with intellectual handicaps. He devoted much of his career to researching the prevention of ...

It was 50 years ago this month that the Journal of the American Medical Association published a letter from Robert Guthrie, UB professor of pediatrics and microbiology, reporting on a new test for ...

To the Editor: Because it seems unfortunate that mis-understandings in some places have delayed the inauguration of screening programs for phenylketonuria in newborn infants I am sending this or a ...

Babies get tested for many things right after they are born. The heel prick includes a test for phenylketonuria (PKU), a rare birth defect that causes a certain amino acid to build up in the body. Dr.

My father makes every baby cry. Growing up, that’s what I told my friends when they asked what my scientist-doctor-dad had invented. They knew it had something to do with newborn babies, something to ...