Glucose-galactose malabsorption (GGM) is a rare inherited metabolic disorder that prevents the body from absorbing two simple sugars: glucose and galactose. Glucose-galactose malabsorption (GGM) is a ...

Glucose-galactose malabsorption (GGM) is a rare metabolic condition. It occurs when a genetic variation makes the body unable to properly absorb the simple sugars glucose and galactose. Sugars are the ...

Galactose metabolism in humans is principally governed by the Leloir pathway, which converts dietary galactose into glucose-1-phosphate via the sequential action of galactokinase, ...

Chemically, there are many different types of sugar. But for dietary purposes, there are only two kinds of sugars you need to concern yourself with: naturally occurring sugars and added sugars.

Breast milk is full of good things that babies need -- key nutrients, hormones, and antibodies that protect them from disease and keep them healthy. It’s easy to test for galactosemia. It’s also ...

We describe a 55-year-old man with the cardiac variant of Fabry's disease who had residual α-galactosidase A activity as the result of a missense mutation encoding a substitution of arginine for ...

Testing Scope Detection of elevated levels of Galactose from clinical specimens. Preferred Specimen Heel stick dried blood spots collected on FDA-approved filter paper (Perkin Elmer 226 Ahlstrom) at ...

Cetuximab, a chimeric mouse–human IgG1 monoclonal antibody against the epidermal growth factor receptor, is approved for use in colorectal cancer and squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck. A ...