| Dr Al-Abed envisages a population-wide screen, like the infant heel-prick test which is used to detect PKU, a metabolic disorder, in newborns. |
| Under the tutelage of Dr. Charles Scriver, she created a registry of female patients with PKU, a genetic disorder that can put the foetus of an affected woman at risk for congenital malformation. |
| The three main laboratory methods used to screen newborns for PKU are the Guthrie bacterial inhibition assay, fluorometric analysis and tandem mass spectrometry. |
| All services are provided in both official languages and constitute the core services offered to PKU patients. |
| The only treatment currently available for PKU patients is a highly restrictive and expensive medical food diet that most patients fail to adhere to the extent needed for achieving adequate control of blood Phe levels. |
| Discovery of new candidate genes for ovarian cancer, novel enzyme treatment for PKU, early identification of retinoblastoma. |
