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Genetics of Phenylketonuria in Lebanon

Project description

Researchers

First name Last name Gender Rank Affiliated Institution Country
Julnar Usta Female Full Professor American University of Beirut Lebanon

Bio: My research interests are in the following fields:
1. Mitochondrial Bio-energetics
2. Inherited metabolic Disorders:phenotype-genotype correlations
a. Wilson Disease
b. Phenyl Ketonuria
c. Ornithine transcarbamoylase deficiency : hyper-ammonemia type 2
3. Toxicity of chemical and Natural products including herbs, spices , food additives and cosmetic industry
4. Cancer metabolism: Role of Hexose monophosphate shunt in cancer

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Scientific field

Biology
 

Start Year

2000
 

End Year

2019
 

Keywords

Genetics Molecular genetics

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