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partie importante du fardeau &#224; long terme.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h6>Avertissement : je ne suis pas m&#233;decin. Ce texte refl&#232;te mon exp&#233;rience personnelle avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie et ma lecture des donn&#233;es disponibles. Il ne remplace pas les conseils d&#8217;une &#233;quipe m&#233;tabolique. Tout changement au traitement, &#224; la di&#232;te ou &#224; l&#8217;apport en prot&#233;ines naturelles doit &#234;tre fait avec un professionnel de sant&#233;.</h6><div><hr></div><p>Quand on parle de ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie, on revient presque toujours au m&#234;me chiffre : le taux de ph&#233;nylalanine (Phe) dans le sang. C&#8217;est normal. La Phe est au centre de la maladie. Elle guide les d&#233;cisions, les ajustements alimentaires, les traitements et m&#234;me l&#8217;&#233;tat mental de la semaine. Mais plus je vieillis, plus je me demande si ce chiffre, aussi important soit-il, ne raconte qu&#8217;une partie de l&#8217;histoire.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie est une publication financ&#233;e par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, pensez &#224; vous abonner gratuitement ou &#224; souscrire un abonnement payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Un document pr&#233;sent&#233; au congr&#232;s conjoint du Canadian College of Medical Geneticists et de Garrod en 2026 m&#8217;a frapp&#233; pour cette raison. Il ne parle pas seulement de la Phe comme d&#8217;un r&#233;sultat de laboratoire. Il essaie de relier plusieurs dimensions de la PCU : les taux &#233;lev&#233;s de ph&#233;nylalanine, les sympt&#244;mes neurocognitifs, les comorbidit&#233;s, la restriction chronique des prot&#233;ines naturelles et la qualit&#233; de vie. Le document vient de PTC Therapeutics, donc il faut le lire avec la prudence n&#233;cessaire lorsqu&#8217;une compagnie pharmaceutique produit une revue dans son propre domaine. Mais la question qu&#8217;il soul&#232;ve est importante : qu&#8217;est-ce que &#231;a fait, une vie enti&#232;re avec la PCU?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!X2Hr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F792d65b0-ef9d-465f-a440-9ab6a5823d16_2383x3369.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!X2Hr!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F792d65b0-ef9d-465f-a440-9ab6a5823d16_2383x3369.png 424w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Le document, l&#8217;un des nombreux documents r&#233;vis&#233;s et accept&#233;s lors de cette rencontre m&#233;dicale et scientifique, rappelle que les comorbidit&#233;s sont fr&#233;quentes dans la PCU et peuvent &#234;tre li&#233;es &#224; deux r&#233;alit&#233;s qui avancent ensemble : d&#8217;un c&#244;t&#233;, des taux de Phe trop &#233;lev&#233;s; de l&#8217;autre, la restriction des prot&#233;ines naturelles n&#233;cessaire pour les contr&#244;ler. On y retrouve des enjeux comme l&#8217;an&#233;mie, le surpoids, l&#8217;ob&#233;sit&#233;, l&#8217;ost&#233;oporose, l&#8217;insuffisance r&#233;nale, les calculs r&#233;naux, certains troubles digestifs, les maladies cardiovasculaires, le diab&#232;te, les troubles de l&#8217;humeur et les difficult&#233;s cognitives ou ex&#233;cutives. Il ne faut pas lire cette liste comme une condamnation individuelle. Ce ne sont pas des certitudes pour chaque personne. Mais ce sont des signaux qui obligent &#224; regarder la PCU comme une condition de toute une vie, en interaction avec d&#8217;autres conditions qui touchent aussi une grande partie de la population, et non seulement comme un probl&#232;me de Phe &#224; g&#233;rer repas par repas.</p><p>Je ne lis pas &#231;a de mani&#232;re abstraite. Je le lis comme quelqu&#8217;un qui vit avec la PCU, qui a une fille sans PCU, qui a travaill&#233; tr&#232;s fort pour se b&#226;tir une belle vie, et qui veut rester l&#224; longtemps. Je veux pouvoir jouer et discuter avec ma fille et courir avec mes petits-enfants. J&#8217;aimerais vieillir en sant&#233;, garder ma t&#234;te, mon autonomie, mon &#233;nergie et ma capacit&#233; d&#8217;&#234;tre pr&#233;sent. Mais quand on vit avec une maladie m&#233;tabolique depuis la naissance, on a besoin de penser plus loin que la prochaine prise de sang. Et actuellement, personne ne sait vraiment ce qui adviendra des patients PCU avec des taux &#233;lev&#233;s de Phe lorsqu&#8217;ils auront 80 ans ou plus.</p><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; que les comorbidit&#233;s deviennent un sujet tr&#232;s concret. L&#8217;ob&#233;sit&#233;, la r&#233;sistance &#224; l&#8217;insuline, l&#8217;inflammation, les probl&#232;mes m&#233;taboliques, la perte de masse musculaire avec l&#8217;&#226;ge : ce ne sont pas des sujets s&#233;par&#233;s de la PCU. Ils font partie du m&#234;me corps. Une personne avec PCU peut aussi vieillir, prendre du poids, perdre du muscle, moins bien dormir, devenir plus fragile sur le plan m&#233;tabolique ou voir sa sant&#233; cognitive devenir plus vuln&#233;rable. La PCU n&#8217;explique pas tout, et il ne faut pas lui attribuer chaque probl&#232;me de sant&#233;. Mais il serait trop simple de dire qu&#8217;une vie enti&#232;re de restriction alimentaire, de Phe parfois trop &#233;lev&#233;e et de d&#233;pendance &#224; des produits sp&#233;cialis&#233;s n&#8217;a aucun effet sur la sant&#233; globale.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/vieillir-avec-la-phenylcetonurie?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/vieillir-avec-la-phenylcetonurie?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><p>La sarcop&#233;nie, par exemple, n&#8217;est pas au centre du document, mais elle est au centre de mes inqui&#233;tudes. En vieillissant, perdre du muscle n&#8217;est pas une affaire d&#8217;apparence. C&#8217;est perdre de la r&#233;serve. C&#8217;est avoir plus de difficult&#233; &#224; marcher, &#224; r&#233;cup&#233;rer, &#224; rester autonome, &#224; traverser une maladie ou une p&#233;riode plus difficile. Dans la population g&#233;n&#233;rale, on parle de plus en plus de l&#8217;importance des prot&#233;ines, de l&#8217;exercice de r&#233;sistance et du maintien de la masse musculaire avec l&#8217;&#226;ge. Dans la PCU, cette discussion est plus compliqu&#233;e, parce que les prot&#233;ines naturelles, celles qui contribuent &#224; la construction et au maintien du muscle, sont pr&#233;cis&#233;ment ce qu&#8217;on limite.</p><p>Les substituts prot&#233;iques sont essentiels. Ils ont permis &#224; des g&#233;n&#233;rations de personnes avec PCU de se d&#233;velopper, de fonctionner, de travailler et d&#8217;avoir une vie. Mais dans la vraie vie, ce n&#8217;est pas la m&#234;me chose qu&#8217;une alimentation plus libre, plus vari&#233;e et plus normale sur le plan nutritionnel. Ce n&#8217;est pas seulement une question de nutrition sur papier. C&#8217;est aussi une question de sati&#233;t&#233;, de plaisir, de simplicit&#233;, de fatigue mentale et de rapport au repas. Plusieurs personnes avec PCU connaissent cette impression de devoir toujours compenser, toujours pr&#233;voir, toujours expliquer, parfois toujours avoir faim ou jamais tout &#224; fait manger comme les autres. Cette gestion constante a de lourds impacts sociaux et cognitifs.</p><p>C&#8217;est dans ce contexte que Sephience devient int&#233;ressant pour moi. Pas comme une solution miracle. Pas comme une promesse que tout dispara&#238;t. Pas comme un m&#233;dicament qui remplace le suivi m&#233;dical. Mais comme une possibilit&#233; de r&#233;duire le fardeau &#224; deux endroits &#224; la fois : la Phe et la restriction alimentaire.</p><p>J&#8217;ai d&#233;j&#224; &#233;crit sur la comparaison entre Sephience et Kuvan dans <a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-et-le-fardeau-du">mon article pr&#233;c&#233;dent sur le fardeau du r&#233;gime faible en ph&#233;nylalanine</a>. Le point essentiel reste le m&#234;me : <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026049526000223">l&#8217;&#233;tude AMPLIPHY</a> compare directement la sepiapt&#233;rine, le principe actif de Sephience, &#224; la sapropt&#233;rine, connue sous le nom de Kuvan. Chez les personnes qui r&#233;pondaient &#224; la sepiapt&#233;rine, Sephience a r&#233;duit la Phe davantage que la dose maximale approuv&#233;e de sapropt&#233;rine. C&#8217;est important, parce que Kuvan a aid&#233; certaines personnes, mais n&#8217;a jamais transform&#233; la vie de tout le monde. Pour plusieurs personnes avec PCU, le r&#233;gime est demeur&#233; au centre du traitement, avec toute la charge que cela repr&#233;sente.</p><p>Mais pour moi, la question la plus importante vient apr&#232;s la baisse de Phe : qu&#8217;est-ce qu&#8217;une meilleure baisse de Phe peut permettre dans la vraie vie? C&#8217;est l&#224; que <a href="https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/publications/effect-of-long-term-sepiapterin-treatment-on-dietary-phenylalanin/">les donn&#233;es d&#8217;extension APHENITY</a> deviennent pertinentes. Dans cette &#233;tude, certaines personnes trait&#233;es avec la sepiapt&#233;rine ont pu augmenter de fa&#231;on importante leur apport alimentaire en Phe, donc en prot&#233;ines naturelles, tout en &#233;tant suivies. Il faut garder la nuance. Sephience ne veut pas dire abandonner la di&#232;te. La <a href="https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00081969.PDF">monographie canadienne de Sephience</a> indique que le traitement doit &#234;tre utilis&#233; avec une di&#232;te restreinte en ph&#233;nylalanine, selon les recommandations d&#8217;un professionnel de sant&#233;, et que la r&#233;ponse doit &#234;tre &#233;valu&#233;e individuellement.</p><p>Mais augmenter les prot&#233;ines naturelles, dans la PCU, ce n&#8217;est pas un d&#233;tail de confort. C&#8217;est potentiellement une vie moins organis&#233;e autour de la maladie. Moins de calculs. Moins de produits sp&#233;cialis&#233;s. Moins de repas s&#233;par&#233;s. Moins de charge mentale. Peut-&#234;tre une meilleure sati&#233;t&#233;. Peut-&#234;tre une alimentation plus dense, plus simple, plus soutenable. Et avec le temps, cette marge peut devenir importante.</p><p>Le document pr&#233;sent&#233; au congr&#232;s ne prouve pas que Sephience va pr&#233;venir l&#8217;ob&#233;sit&#233;, la r&#233;sistance &#224; l&#8217;insuline, l&#8217;ost&#233;oporose, les probl&#232;mes r&#233;naux ou la sarcop&#233;nie. Ce serait aller trop loin. Il montre plut&#244;t que la PCU doit &#234;tre pens&#233;e de mani&#232;re plus globale. Il montre que les comorbidit&#233;s existent, que le fardeau alimentaire est r&#233;el, que la qualit&#233; de vie est touch&#233;e, et que limiter les prot&#233;ines naturelles pendant toute une vie n&#8217;est pas simplement une strat&#233;gie m&#233;dicale sans cons&#233;quences. C&#8217;est d&#233;j&#224; beaucoup.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie est une publication financ&#233;e par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, pensez &#224; vous abonner gratuitement ou &#224; souscrire &#224; un abonnement payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Je pense que c&#8217;est l&#224; qu&#8217;on devrait situer la discussion sur Sephience. Pas seulement dans une logique de m&#233;dicament plus efficace que Kuvan. Pas seulement dans une logique de prix &#224; court terme. Et pas non plus dans une promesse trop rapide d&#8217;am&#233;lioration cognitive ou physique. Il faut plut&#244;t se demander ce qu&#8217;un meilleur contr&#244;le m&#233;tabolique et une plus grande tol&#233;rance aux prot&#233;ines naturelles pourraient changer dans notre bien-&#234;tre global, sur plusieurs ann&#233;es.</p><p><strong>La PCU nous force souvent &#224; penser en jours : </strong></p><ul><li><p>Combien de Phe aujourd&#8217;hui?</p></li><li><p>Quel r&#233;sultat sanguin cette semaine? </p></li><li><p>Combien de prot&#233;ines naturelles dans ce repas?</p></li></ul><p><strong>Mais vieillir avec la PCU nous oblige &#224; penser en d&#233;cennies : </strong></p><ul><li><p>quelle sant&#233; cognitive &#224; 70 ans? </p></li><li><p>Quelle force &#224; 80 ans? </p></li><li><p>Quelle autonomie? </p></li><li><p>Quel risque m&#233;tabolique? </p></li><li><p>Quelle charge &#233;conomique pour le syst&#232;me de sant&#233;? </p></li><li><p>Quelle qualit&#233; de vie pour les familles? </p></li><li><p>Quelle capacit&#233; de rester pr&#233;sent pour les gens qu&#8217;on aime?</p></li></ul><p>C&#8217;est probablement ce qui me touche le plus dans ces donn&#233;es. Elles me rappellent que je ne veux pas seulement survivre avec la PCU. Je veux vieillir avec le plus de capacit&#233; et de r&#233;serve possible. R&#233;serve cognitive, r&#233;serve musculaire, r&#233;serve m&#233;tabolique, r&#233;serve &#233;motionnelle. Je veux garder ma place dans ma famille. Je veux &#234;tre l&#224; pour ma fille. Je veux, si j&#8217;en ai la chance, &#234;tre un grand-p&#232;re pr&#233;sent, en sant&#233; et en forme.</p><p>Sephience ne garantit pas &#231;a. Aucun traitement ne peut le garantir. Mais s&#8217;il permet &#224; certaines personnes de mieux contr&#244;ler leur Phe tout en augmentant les prot&#233;ines naturelles, alors son importance ne se limite pas &#224; une meilleure valeur dans un tableau. Il pourrait aider &#224; rendre la vie avec la PCU un peu moins organis&#233;e autour de la restriction, et un peu plus orient&#233;e vers la sant&#233; &#224; long terme.</p><p>Et pour moi, c&#8217;est l&#224; que le sujet devient vraiment humain. La question n&#8217;est pas seulement de savoir si Sephience est impressionnant. La question est de savoir s&#8217;il peut donner plus de marge &#224; des personnes qui vivent avec la PCU depuis toujours. Plus de marge pour manger. Plus de marge pour penser. Plus de marge pour vieillir. Plus de marge pour vivre.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/vieillir-avec-la-phenylcetonurie/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Laissez un commentaire.&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/vieillir-avec-la-phenylcetonurie/comments"><span>Laissez un commentaire.</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aging with Phenylketonuria]]></title><description><![CDATA[What comorbidities change in the way I look at Sephience]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/aging-with-phenylketonuria</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/aging-with-phenylketonuria</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:32:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Key takeaways</strong></p><ul><li><p>A document presented at the 2026 CCMG/Garrod conference connects phenylketonuria to a broader burden than blood Phe alone: comorbidities, restriction of natural protein, and quality of life.</p></li><li><p>As we age with PKU, the question is not only how to control a blood test result, but how to preserve overall health.</p></li><li><p>Sephience does not solve everything, but if it allows some people to lower their Phe and increase natural protein intake, it could reduce an important part of the long-term burden.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h6>Disclaimer: I am not a physician. This text reflects my personal experience with phenylketonuria and my reading of the available data. It does not replace advice from a metabolic team. Any change to treatment, diet, or natural protein intake should be made with a healthcare professional.</h6><div><hr></div><p>When we talk about phenylketonuria, we almost always come back to the same number: the level of phenylalanine (Phe) in the blood. That makes sense. Phe is at the center of the disease. It guides decisions, dietary adjustments, treatments, and even the mental state of the week. But the older I get, the more I wonder whether this number, as important as it is, only tells part of the story.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Phenylketonuria Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>A document presented at the 2026 joint conference of the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists and Garrod struck me for that reason. It does not speak only about Phe as a laboratory result. It tries to connect several dimensions of PKU: elevated phenylalanine levels, neurocognitive symptoms, comorbidities, chronic restriction of natural protein, and quality of life. The document comes from PTC Therapeutics, so it should be read with the necessary caution when a pharmaceutical company produces a review in its own field. But the question it raises matters: what does a whole life with PKU do?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kxyk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3996853-525f-4423-a0a5-947f0489ad57_2383x3369.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kxyk!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3996853-525f-4423-a0a5-947f0489ad57_2383x3369.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kxyk!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3996853-525f-4423-a0a5-947f0489ad57_2383x3369.png 848w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The document, one of many reviewed and accepted at this medical/scientific meeting, reminds us that comorbidities are common in PKU and may be connected to two realities that move together: on one side, Phe levels that are too high; on the other, the restriction of natural protein required to control them. It mentions issues such as anemia, overweight, obesity, osteoporosis, renal insufficiency, kidney stones, some digestive disorders, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, mood disorders, and cognitive or executive-function difficulties. This list should not be read as an individual sentence. These are not certainties for every person. But they are signals that force us to look at PKU as a lifelong condition, along with other conditions affecting many, not only as a Phe problem to manage meal by meal.</p><p>I do not read this in an abstract way. I read it as someone who lives with PKU, who has a daughter (without PKU), who has worked very hard to build a good life, and who wants to stay here for a long time. I want to be able to play and talk with my daughter and run with my grandchildren. I would like to age in good health, keep my mind, my independence, my energy, and my ability to be present. But when you live with a metabolic disease from birth, you need to think beyond the next blood test. And right now, <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/pcublogue/p/sephience-5-undeniable-reasons-why?r=47am9s&amp;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web">no one really knows what will happen to PKU patients with elevated Phe levels when they reach 80 years old</a> or older.</p><p>This is where comorbidities become very concrete. Obesity, insulin resistance, inflammation, metabolic problems, age-related muscle loss: these are not topics separate from PKU. They are part of the same body. A person with PKU can also age, gain weight, lose muscle, sleep less well, become more metabolically vulnerable, or see their cognitive health become more fragile. PKU does not explain everything, and we should not attribute every health problem to it. But it would be too simple to say that a whole life of dietary restriction, sometimes elevated Phe, and dependence on specialized products has no effect on overall health.</p><p>Sarcopenia, for example, is not at the center of the document, but it is at the center of my concerns. As we age, losing muscle is not about appearance. It is about losing reserve. It means having more difficulty walking, recovering, staying independent, getting through an illness or a harder period. In the general population, there is more and more discussion about the importance of protein, resistance training, and maintaining muscle mass with age. In PKU, that discussion is more complicated, because natural, muscle-building protein is precisely what we restrict.</p><p>Protein substitutes are essential. They have allowed generations of people with PKU to develop, function, work, and live a life. But in real life, it is not the same thing as a freer, more varied, more normal diet with normal nutrition. It is not only a question of nutrition on paper. It is also a question of satiety, pleasure, simplicity, mental fatigue, and one&#8217;s relationship with food. Many people with PKU know the feeling of always having to compensate, always plan, always explain, sometimes always be hungry, or never quite eat like everyone else. <a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-5-undeniable-reasons-why?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">This constant management has heavy social and cognitive impacts</a>.</p><p>This is the context in which Sephience becomes interesting to me. Not as a miracle solution. Not as a promise that everything disappears. Not as a medication that replaces medical follow-up. But as a possibility to reduce the burden in two places at once: Phe and dietary restriction.</p><p>I have already written about the comparison between Sephience and Kuvan in <a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-et-le-fardeau-du">my previous article on the burden of the low-phenylalanine diet</a>. The essential point remains the same: the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026049526000223">AMPLIPHY study</a> directly compares sepiapterin, the active ingredient in Sephience, with sapropterin, known as Kuvan. In people who responded to sepiapterin, Sephience reduced Phe more than the maximum approved dose of sapropterin. This matters because Kuvan has helped some people, but it has never transformed life for everyone. For many people with PKU, diet has remained at the center of treatment, with all the burden that comes with it.</p><p>But for me, the most important question comes after the Phe reduction: what can a better reduction in Phe make possible in real life? This is where the <a href="https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/publications/effect-of-long-term-sepiapterin-treatment-on-dietary-phenylalanin/">APHENITY extension data</a> become relevant. In that study, some people treated with sepiapterin were able to significantly increase their dietary Phe intake, meaning natural protein, while being monitored. The nuance matters. Sephience does not mean abandoning the diet. The <a href="https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00081969.PDF">Canadian Sephience product monograph</a> states that the treatment should be used with a phenylalanine-restricted diet, as recommended by a healthcare professional, and that response must be assessed individually.</p><p>But increasing natural protein in PKU is not a minor comfort detail. It is potentially a life less organized around the disease. Fewer calculations. Fewer specialized products. Fewer separate meals. Less mental load. Maybe better satiety. Maybe a diet that is denser, simpler, and more sustainable. And over time, that margin can become important.</p><p>The conference document does not prove that Sephience will prevent obesity, insulin resistance, osteoporosis, kidney problems, or sarcopenia. That would go too far. Rather, it shows that PKU needs to be considered more globally. It shows that comorbidities exist, that the dietary burden is real, that quality of life is affected, and that restricting natural protein for a lifetime is not simply a medical strategy without consequences. That is already a lot.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/aging-with-phenylketonuria?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/aging-with-phenylketonuria?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><p>I think this is where the discussion around Sephience should be situated. Not only in a logic of a medication that is more effective than Kuvan. Not only in a short-term pricing logic. And not in an overly quick promise of cognitive or physical improvement either. We should instead ask what better metabolic control and greater natural protein tolerance could change in our overall wellbeing over several years.</p><p><strong>PKU often forces us to think in days:</strong></p><ul><li><p>How much Phe today?</p></li><li><p>What blood result this week?</p></li><li><p>How much natural protein in this meal?</p></li></ul><p><strong>But aging with PKU forces us to think in decades:</strong></p><ul><li><p>What cognitive health at 70?</p></li><li><p>What strength at 80?</p></li><li><p>What independence?</p></li><li><p>What metabolic risk?</p></li><li><p>What economic burden for the healthcare system?</p></li><li><p>What quality of life for families?</p></li><li><p>What ability to remain present for the people we love?</p></li></ul><p>That is probably what touches me most in these data. They remind me that I do not only want to survive with PKU. I want to age with as much capability and reserve as possible. Cognitive reserve, muscle reserve, metabolic reserve, emotional reserve. I want to keep my place in my family. I want to be there for my daughter. I want, if I get that chance, to be a present, healthy, and fit grandfather.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Phenylketonuria Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Sephience does not guarantee that. No treatment can guarantee that. But if it allows some people to better control their Phe while increasing natural protein intake, then its importance is not limited to a better value in a table. It could help make life with PKU a little less organized around restriction, and a little more oriented toward long-term health.</p><p>And for me, that is where the subject becomes truly human. The question is not only whether Sephience is impressive. The question is whether it can give more margin to people who have lived with PKU from the beginning. More margin to eat. More margin to think. More margin to age. More margin to live.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/aging-with-phenylketonuria/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Laissez un commentaire.&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/aging-with-phenylketonuria/comments"><span>Laissez un commentaire.</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sephience, Kuvan et le fardeau du régime PCU faible en phénylalanine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pourquoi la baisse de la ph&#233;nylalanine, l&#8217;augmentation de la tol&#233;rance aux aliments naturels et le fardeau du r&#233;gime m&#233;dicalement n&#233;cessaire devraient &#234;tre &#233;valu&#233;s ensemble.]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-et-le-fardeau-du</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-et-le-fardeau-du</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:11:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2IWI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b87247a-9261-40c0-9fca-928d5385ade6_1672x941.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2IWI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5b87247a-9261-40c0-9fca-928d5385ade6_1672x941.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>&#192; retenir</strong></p><ul><li><p>Le r&#233;gime faible en ph&#233;nylalanine demeure la base historique du traitement de la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie, mais il impose un fardeau cognitif, psychologique et social important tout au long de la vie.</p></li><li><p>Kuvan a aid&#233; une partie des patients &#224; mieux contr&#244;ler leur Phe, mais Sephience semble abaisser davantage la ph&#233;nylalanine que la sapropterine chez les personnes qui y r&#233;pondent, et davantage de personnes semblent r&#233;pondre &#224; Sephience qu&#8217;&#224; Kuvan.</p></li><li><p>Sephience ne doit pas &#234;tre &#233;valu&#233; comme une promesse cognitive directe : son effet principal est la baisse de la Phe, et un meilleur contr&#244;le m&#233;tabolique durable peut, avec le temps, cr&#233;er de meilleures conditions pour le cerveau, la nutrition et la qualit&#233; de vie.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h6>Avertissement&#8239;: les informations pr&#233;sent&#233;es ici refl&#232;tent mon exp&#233;rience personnelle avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie et mes recherches personnelles. Elles ne remplacent pas un avis m&#233;dical professionnel. Consultez toujours un professionnel de sant&#233; avant d&#8217;appliquer des modifications &#224; votre r&#233;gime ou d&#8217;entreprendre un programme d&#8217;activit&#233; physique.</h6><div><hr></div><p>Le traitement original et classique de la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie repose depuis des d&#233;cennies sur une id&#233;e simple : limiter la ph&#233;nylalanine, ou Phe, qui entre dans le corps.</p><p>En pratique, cela signifie une alimentation tr&#232;s restrictive, tr&#232;s faible en prot&#233;ines naturelles, combin&#233;e &#224; des substituts prot&#233;iques m&#233;dicaux, aussi appel&#233;s m&#233;langes d&#8217;acides amin&#233;s. Les <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5639803/">lignes directrices europ&#233;ennes sur la PCU</a> d&#233;crivent encore ce r&#233;gime faible en ph&#233;nylalanine, avec suppl&#233;mentation en acides amin&#233;s sans Phe, comme la base du traitement. Le <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7329487/">manuel di&#233;t&#233;tique associ&#233; &#224; ces lignes directrices</a> rappelle aussi l&#8217;importance des substituts prot&#233;iques pour pr&#233;venir les carences et maintenir le contr&#244;le m&#233;tabolique.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie est une publication financ&#233;e par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, pensez &#224; vous abonner gratuitement ou &#224; devenir abonn&#233; payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Ce traitement a sauv&#233; des vies. Il a permis d&#8217;&#233;viter les cons&#233;quences neurologiques les plus graves de la PCU chez les enfants d&#233;pist&#233;s t&#244;t. Il demeure, encore aujourd&#8217;hui, une partie essentielle du traitement. Mais il faut aussi nommer une r&#233;alit&#233; que les personnes vivant avec la PCU connaissent tr&#232;s bien : le r&#233;gime faible en ph&#233;nylalanine est une b&#233;quille imparfaite.</p><p>Il ne corrige pas le probl&#232;me m&#233;tabolique. Il demande plut&#244;t &#224; la personne de construire une grande partie de sa vie autour de ce que son corps ne peut pas faire. Chaque repas devient risqu&#233; et calcul&#233;. Chaque &#233;cart doit &#234;tre &#233;valu&#233;. Chaque sortie, chaque voyage, chaque changement de routine peut devenir une n&#233;gociation avec la ph&#233;nylalanine.</p><p>C&#8217;est un traitement, oui. Mais c&#8217;est aussi un fardeau cognitif, psychologique, social et parfois financier. Une &#233;tude sur le fardeau &#233;conomique et temporel de la PCU a par exemple estim&#233; que les familles pouvaient consacrer plus de 300 heures par ann&#233;e &#224; l&#8217;achat et &#224; la pr&#233;paration d&#8217;aliments sp&#233;ciaux faibles en Phe (<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6807265/">Rose et coll., 2019</a>). D&#8217;autres travaux sur la qualit&#233; de vie dans la PCU documentent aussi l&#8217;impact de la maladie et de son traitement sur le quotidien des patients et de leurs familles (<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4542123/">Bosch et coll., 2015</a>).</p><p>Ce fardeau est quotidien. Il ne dure pas quelques semaines. Il dure toute la vie.</p><h2>Kuvan : une aide r&#233;elle, mais limit&#233;e</h2><p>Kuvan, dont le principe actif est la sapropterine, a &#233;t&#233; une premi&#232;re mani&#232;re de sortir partiellement d&#8217;une logique strictement alimentaire.</p><p>Chez certaines personnes, la sapropterine peut aider l&#8217;enzyme PAH &#224; mieux fonctionner et r&#233;duire les taux sanguins de ph&#233;nylalanine. Une revue Cochrane conclut qu&#8217;il existe des donn&#233;es en faveur d&#8217;un b&#233;n&#233;fice &#224; court terme chez certaines personnes atteintes de formes de PCU r&#233;pondant &#224; la sapropterine, avec une baisse de la Phe et une augmentation possible de la tol&#233;rance aux prot&#233;ines naturelles (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25812600/">Somaraju et coll., 2015</a>). Mais cette pr&#233;cision est importante : certaines personnes.</p><p>Kuvan n&#8217;a jamais fonctionn&#233; de fa&#231;on suffisante pour tout le monde. Pour plusieurs personnes avec une PCU plus classique ou plus s&#233;v&#232;re, il n&#8217;a pas transform&#233; la vie quotidienne. Le r&#233;gime est demeur&#233; au centre du traitement, et parfois la seule forme r&#233;elle de traitement. Kuvan peut aider certains patients, mais il ne r&#233;duit pas toujours de mani&#232;re significative le poids concret de la PCU.</p><p>C&#8217;est ici que Sephience devient int&#233;ressant.</p><h2>Sephience : l&#8217;objectif direct reste la baisse de la Phe</h2><p>L&#8217;&#233;tude <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026049526000223">AMPLIPHY</a> compare directement Sephience, dont le principe actif est la sepiapt&#233;rine, &#224; la sapropterine. Chez les participants qui r&#233;pondaient &#224; la sepiapt&#233;rine, Sephience a abaiss&#233; la ph&#233;nylalanine davantage que la dose maximale approuv&#233;e de sapropterine. Les auteurs concluent que Sephience a &#233;t&#233; sup&#233;rieur &#224; la sapropterine pour r&#233;duire la Phe sanguine, sans nouveau signal de s&#233;curit&#233; observ&#233;.</p><p>Il faut garder la nuance : cela ne veut pas dire que Sephience fonctionnera pour tout le monde. La r&#233;ponse doit &#234;tre &#233;valu&#233;e individuellement. La <a href="https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00081969.PDF">monographie canadienne de Sephience</a> indique que la r&#233;ponse biochimique au traitement ne peut pas &#234;tre pr&#233;dite de fa&#231;on fiable par des tests de laboratoire, comme les tests mol&#233;culaires, et qu&#8217;elle doit &#234;tre &#233;valu&#233;e pendant une p&#233;riode d&#8217;essai avec suivi de la Phe.</p><p>Mais chez les personnes qui r&#233;pondent, le signal est important.</p><p>Sephience ne devrait pas &#234;tre pr&#233;sent&#233; comme un traitement cognitif au sens direct du terme. Son objectif premier est plus pr&#233;cis : abaisser la concentration sanguine de ph&#233;nylalanine chez les personnes qui y r&#233;pondent. Cette distinction compte beaucoup.</p><p>Dans la PCU, une baisse de Phe peut &#234;tre mesur&#233;e relativement rapidement. Les effets possibles d&#8217;un meilleur contr&#244;le m&#233;tabolique sur la concentration, la fatigue mentale, l&#8217;humeur ou certaines fonctions ex&#233;cutives peuvent demander plus de temps &#224; appara&#238;tre, lorsqu&#8217;ils apparaissent. Ils d&#233;pendent aussi de plusieurs facteurs : l&#8217;histoire m&#233;tabolique de la personne, son &#226;ge, la dur&#233;e du contr&#244;le, son alimentation, son sommeil, son &#233;tat psychologique et son contexte de vie.</p><p>Il serait donc r&#233;ducteur d&#8217;&#233;valuer un traitement de la PCU seulement comme s&#8217;il devait produire, en quelques semaines, une am&#233;lioration imm&#233;diatement visible du fonctionnement quotidien. Le lien le plus direct &#224; &#233;valuer reste d&#8217;abord le contr&#244;le de la ph&#233;nylalanine. Ensuite vient la question plus lente, mais tr&#232;s importante, de ce qu&#8217;un meilleur contr&#244;le durable peut permettre dans la vie r&#233;elle.</p><p>Cette nuance n&#8217;est pas th&#233;orique.</p><p>Dans son &#233;valuation de Palynziq, l&#8217;INESSS reconnaissait que la PCU cause une accumulation de Phe toxique pour le cerveau, que les adultes mal contr&#244;l&#233;s peuvent pr&#233;senter des difficult&#233;s neuropsychiatriques, et que le r&#233;gime strict est difficile &#224; suivre. L&#8217;INESSS notait aussi que Palynziq r&#233;duisait la concentration de Phe, mais que l&#8217;&#233;tude de 8 semaines &#233;valu&#233;e n&#8217;avait pas montr&#233; d&#8217;am&#233;lioration du fonctionnement quotidien ou de la gestion des &#233;motions (<a href="https://www.inesss.qc.ca/en/themes/medicaments/drug-products-undergoing-evaluation-and-evaluated/extract-notice-to-the-minister/palynziq-phenylcetonurie-6128.html">INESSS, Palynziq, 2023</a>).</p><p>C&#8217;est pr&#233;cis&#233;ment l&#224; que la prudence d&#8217;interpr&#233;tation devient essentielle. Une r&#233;duction de Phe est un effet m&#233;tabolique direct. Les impacts fonctionnels ou cognitifs possibles peuvent &#234;tre plus lents, plus variables, et parfois difficiles ou impossibles &#224; capter dans une courte fen&#234;tre d&#8217;observation.</p><p>Autrement dit : Sephience ne &#8220;r&#233;pare&#8221; pas directement la cognition. Il vise &#224; r&#233;duire l&#8217;exposition du corps et du cerveau &#224; une ph&#233;nylalanine trop &#233;lev&#233;e. C&#8217;est cette baisse, si elle se maintient dans le temps, qui peut cr&#233;er de meilleures conditions pour la sant&#233; neurologique, la qualit&#233; de vie et l&#8217;all&#232;gement du fardeau quotidien.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-et-le-fardeau-du?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-et-le-fardeau-du?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><h2>Le cerveau, la Phe et le temps</h2><p>Des donn&#233;es en imagerie soutiennent l&#8217;id&#233;e que le contr&#244;le m&#233;tabolique peut avoir des effets neurologiques importants dans la PCU, m&#234;me s&#8217;il faut &#233;viter les raccourcis. Une &#233;tude publi&#233;e en 1995 avait observ&#233; que certaines anomalies de la mati&#232;re blanche en imagerie par r&#233;sonance magn&#233;tique &#233;taient au moins partiellement r&#233;versibles lorsque la concentration sanguine de ph&#233;nylalanine &#233;tait abaiss&#233;e (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7636650/">Cleary et coll., 1995</a>). Une revue importante d&#8217;Anderson et Leuzzi arrivait &#224; une conclusion semblable : la pathologie de la mati&#232;re blanche dans la PCU est associ&#233;e au contr&#244;le m&#233;tabolique et peut &#234;tre r&#233;versible avec une adh&#233;sion stricte &#224; une alimentation faible en Phe (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20123467/">Anderson et Leuzzi, 2010</a>). Plus r&#233;cemment, une &#233;tude chez des adultes trait&#233;s t&#244;t a montr&#233; que des alt&#233;rations de la mati&#232;re blanche &#233;taient li&#233;es &#224; la performance dans certaines t&#226;ches d&#8217;attention et de fonctions ex&#233;cutives (<a href="https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/article/5/3/fcad155/7161924">Muri et coll., 2023</a>).</p><p>Ces &#233;tudes ne veulent pas dire qu&#8217;un m&#233;dicament reconstruit directement la mati&#232;re blanche. Ce serait un raccourci trop simple. Elles sugg&#232;rent plut&#244;t que le cerveau demeure affect&#233; par la qualit&#233; du contr&#244;le m&#233;tabolique, et que la Phe ne devrait pas &#234;tre trait&#233;e comme un simple chiffre de laboratoire. Dans la PCU, si un traitement permet de maintenir la Phe plus basse, plus souvent et plus longtemps, avec moins d&#8217;efforts difficiles &#224; soutenir, alors il peut cr&#233;er de meilleures conditions biologiques. Pas une promesse magique. Pas une garantie. Mais une base plus favorable.</p><h2>La normalisation alimentaire n&#8217;est pas un d&#233;tail</h2><p>L&#8217;un des aspects les plus importants de Sephience n&#8217;est peut-&#234;tre pas seulement la baisse de Phe elle-m&#234;me, mais ce que cette baisse peut permettre dans la vie quotidienne. Du point de vue des patients, l&#8217;objectif plus large est la normalisation alimentaire. Cela ne signifie pas n&#233;cessairement l&#8217;abandon imm&#233;diat de toute restriction, mais un d&#233;placement concret vers une alimentation plus normale, moins synth&#233;tique, moins m&#233;dicalis&#233;e et moins organis&#233;e autour de la PCU.</p><p>Dans l&#8217;&#233;tude d&#8217;extension <a href="https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/publications/effect-of-long-term-sepiapterin-treatment-on-dietary-phenylalanin/">APHENITY Extension</a>, les participants ayant atteint une Phe moyenne sous 360 &#181;mol/L apr&#232;s deux semaines ont pu entrer dans une phase d&#8217;&#233;valuation de la tol&#233;rance alimentaire &#224; la Phe. Parmi les 102 participants &#233;valu&#233;s, l&#8217;apport moyen en Phe alimentaire est pass&#233; de 27,6 mg/kg/jour au d&#233;part &#224; 62,5 mg/kg/jour &#224; la semaine 26, tandis que la Phe sanguine continuait d&#8217;&#234;tre suivie et demeurait dans les objectifs de traitement actuels.</p><p>Pour une personne qui vit avec la PCU depuis l&#8217;enfance, manger plus normalement n&#8217;est pas un simple confort secondaire. Cela peut vouloir dire plus de prot&#233;ines naturelles, moins de d&#233;pendance aux produits m&#233;dicaux, moins de calculs, moins de peur autour des repas, moins d&#8217;isolement social et moins de fatigue d&#233;cisionnelle. L&#8217;id&#233;e de &#8220;normalisation&#8221; peut sembler ordinaire de l&#8217;ext&#233;rieur. Elle ne l&#8217;est pas quand l&#8217;alimentation a toujours &#233;t&#233; une zone de surveillance aigu&#235; en raison de la menace de la Phe.</p><p>Bien s&#251;r, Sephience ne signifie pas que le r&#233;gime dispara&#238;t. L&#8217;indication approuv&#233;e par Sant&#233; Canada pr&#233;cise que Sephience est indiqu&#233; chez les patients atteints d&#8217;une PCU r&#233;pondant &#224; la sepiapt&#233;rine, en combinaison avec une di&#232;te restreinte en ph&#233;nylalanine. La monographie canadienne pr&#233;cise aussi que les patients trait&#233;s avec Sephience doivent suivre une di&#232;te restreinte en Phe selon les recommandations de leur professionnel de sant&#233;, en fonction de l&#8217;&#233;valuation de la Phe sanguine (<a href="https://dhpp.hpfb-dgpsa.ca/review-documents/resource/SBD1766001787668">Sant&#233; Canada, Summary Basis of Decision</a>; <a href="https://pdf.hres.ca/dpd_pm/00081969.PDF">monographie canadienne</a>). Les personnes devront encore mesurer, ajuster, surveiller et travailler avec une &#233;quipe m&#233;tabolique. Mais cela ne diminue pas l&#8217;importance du changement possible. Un traitement peut &#234;tre important m&#234;me s&#8217;il ne supprime pas toutes les contraintes. Il peut l&#8217;&#234;tre parce qu&#8217;il d&#233;place le fardeau quotidien du traitement, rend le contr&#244;le m&#233;tabolique plus r&#233;aliste et transforme une discipline permanente en quelque chose de plus respirable.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-et-le-fardeau-du?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-et-le-fardeau-du?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><h2>Ce que Sephience pourrait changer</h2><p>&#192; mes yeux, Sephience ne devrait pas &#234;tre &#233;valu&#233; comme une promesse rapide d&#8217;am&#233;lioration cognitive. Il devrait d&#8217;abord &#234;tre &#233;valu&#233; pour ce qu&#8217;il fait directement : abaisser la ph&#233;nylalanine chez les personnes qui y r&#233;pondent. Ensuite vient la question plus lente, mais essentielle, de ce qu&#8217;une Phe mieux contr&#244;l&#233;e peut permettre dans le temps.</p><p>Une Phe plus basse et plus stable peut soutenir une meilleure stabilit&#233; m&#233;tabolique. Une meilleure stabilit&#233; peut r&#233;duire une partie de la charge mentale. Une plus grande tol&#233;rance alimentaire peut rendre le r&#233;gime moins envahissant. Et si, avec le temps, cela permet aussi &#224; certaines personnes de mieux fonctionner au quotidien, alors ce sera une cons&#233;quence possible d&#8217;un meilleur contr&#244;le m&#233;tabolique durable, pas une promesse simpliste.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie est une publication financ&#233;e par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, pensez &#224; vous abonner gratuitement ou &#224; devenir abonn&#233; payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>La PCU n&#8217;a jamais &#233;t&#233; seulement une question de nourriture. C&#8217;est une maladie m&#233;tabolique qui impose une organisation compl&#232;te de la vie autour de la ph&#233;nylalanine. Le r&#233;gime faible en Phe reste une base. Kuvan a aid&#233; une partie des patients. Sephience semble maintenant ouvrir une possibilit&#233; diff&#233;rente : non pas contourner parfaitement la PCU, mais r&#233;duire davantage son emprise chez les personnes qui y r&#233;pondent. Pour une personne qui vit avec la PCU, abaisser la Phe n&#8217;est pas seulement am&#233;liorer un r&#233;sultat sanguin. C&#8217;est peut-&#234;tre r&#233;duire une charge qui s&#8217;accumule repas apr&#232;s repas, ann&#233;e apr&#232;s ann&#233;e.</p><p>Et si Sephience permet cela, m&#234;me sans tout r&#233;gler, alors il pourrait repr&#233;senter bien plus qu&#8217;un nouveau m&#233;dicament. Il pourrait repr&#233;senter une nouvelle mani&#232;re de vivre avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-et-le-fardeau-du/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Laissez un commentaire.&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-et-le-fardeau-du/comments"><span>Laissez un commentaire.</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sephience, Kuvan, and the burden of the low-phenylalanine PKU diet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why a decrease in phenylalanine, an increase in tolerance of natural food, and the burden of the medically necessary diet should be evaluated together.]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-and-the-burden-of</link><guid 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>Key takeaways</strong></p><ul><li><p>The low-phenylalanine diet remains the historical foundation of phenylketonuria treatment, but it places a significant cognitive, psychological, and social burden on patients throughout life.</p></li><li><p>Kuvan has helped some patients better control their Phe levels, but Sephience appears to lower phenylalanine more than sapropterin in people who respond to it and more people respond to Sephience than Kuvan.</p></li><li><p>Sephience should not be evaluated as a direct cognitive promise: its main effect is lowering Phe, and better long-term metabolic control may, over time, create better conditions for the brain, nutrition, and quality of life.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h6>Disclaimer: The information presented here reflects my personal experience with phenylketonuria and my own research. It does not replace professional medical advice. Always consult a healthcare professional before making changes to your diet or starting a physical activity program.</h6><div><hr></div><p>The original and classic treatment for phenylketonuria has rested for decades on a simple idea: limiting the phenylalanine (Phe) that enters the body.</p><p>In practice, this means a highly restrictive diet very low in natural protein, combined with medical protein substitutes also known as amino acid mixtures. The <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5639803/">European PKU guidelines</a> still describe this low-phenylalanine diet, with Phe-free amino acid supplementation, as the foundation of treatment. The <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7329487/">dietary handbook that accompanies those guidelines</a> also emphasizes the importance of protein substitutes to prevent deficiencies and maintain metabolic control.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Phenylketonuria Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>This treatment has saved lives. It has helped prevent the most serious neurological consequences of PKU in children diagnosed early. Even today, it remains an essential part of treatment. But we also need to name a reality that people living with PKU know very well: the low-phenylalanine diet is an imperfect crutch.</p><p>It does not correct the metabolic problem. Instead, it asks the person to build a large part of life around what the body cannot do. Every meal becomes risky and a calculation. Every deviation has to be assessed. Every outing, every trip, every change in routine can become a negotiation with phenylalanine.</p><p>Yes, it is a treatment. But it is also a cognitive, psychological, social, and sometimes financial burden. A study on the financial and time burden of PKU, for example, estimated that families could spend more than 300 hours per year shopping for and preparing special low-Phe foods (<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6807265/">Rose et al., 2019</a>). Other work on quality of life in PKU also documents the impact of the disease and its treatment on the daily lives of patients and their families (<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4542123/">Bosch et al., 2015</a>).</p><p>This burden is every day and does not last a few weeks. This burden lasts a lifetime.</p><h2>Kuvan: real help, but limited</h2><p>Kuvan, whose active ingredient is sapropterin, was the first way to move partially beyond a strictly dietary logic.</p><p>In some people, sapropterin can help the PAH enzyme work better and reduce blood phenylalanine levels. A Cochrane review concluded that there is evidence of short-term benefit in some people with sapropterin-responsive forms of PKU, including lower Phe levels and a possible increase in natural protein tolerance (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25812600/">Somaraju et al., 2015</a>). But that detail matters: some people.</p><p>Kuvan has never worked sufficiently for everyone. For many people with more classic or severe PKU, it has not transformed daily life. The diet has remained the centre of and only form of treatment. Kuvan can help some patients, but it does not always meaningfully reduce the concrete weight of PKU.</p><p>This is where Sephience becomes interesting.</p><h2>Sephience: the direct goal remains lowering Phe</h2><p>The <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026049526000223">AMPLIPHY study</a> directly compares Sephience, whose active ingredient is sepiapterin, with sapropterin. In participants who responded to sepiapterin, Sephience lowered phenylalanine more than the highest approved dose of sapropterin. The authors concluded that Sephience was superior to sapropterin in lowering blood Phe, with no new safety signals observed.</p><p>The nuance matters: this does not mean Sephience will work for everyone. Response has to be assessed individually. The U.S. prescribing information states that biochemical response generally cannot be predicted by laboratory testing alone and should be determined through a therapeutic evaluation with Phe monitoring (<a href="https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2025/219666s000lbl.pdf">FDA, Sephience Prescribing Information</a>).</p><p>But in people who respond, the signal is important.</p><p>Sephience should not be presented as a cognitive treatment in the direct sense. Its primary goal is more specific: lowering blood phenylalanine in people who respond to it. This distinction matters.</p><p>In PKU, a drop in Phe can be measured relatively quickly. The possible effects of better metabolic control on concentration, mental fatigue, mood, or certain executive functions may take longer to appear, when they appear at all. They also depend on many factors: a person&#8217;s metabolic history, age, duration of control, diet, sleep, psychological state, and life context.</p><p>It would therefore be reductive to evaluate a PKU treatment only as if it had to produce an immediately visible improvement in daily functioning within a few weeks. The most direct link to evaluate is first the control of phenylalanine. Then comes the slower, but very important, question of what better sustained control can deliver in real life.</p><p>This nuance is not theoretical.</p><p>In its evaluation of Palynziq, INESSS recognized that PKU causes an accumulation of Phe that is toxic to the brain, that poorly controlled adults may experience neuropsychiatric difficulties, and that the strict diet is difficult to follow. INESSS also noted that Palynziq reduced Phe concentration, but that the 8-week study evaluated did not show improvement in daily functioning or emotional management (<a href="https://www.inesss.qc.ca/en/themes/medicaments/drug-products-undergoing-evaluation-and-evaluated/extract-notice-to-the-minister/palynziq-phenylcetonurie-6128.html">INESSS, Palynziq, 2023</a>).</p><p>This is exactly where careful interpretation becomes essential. A reduction in Phe is a direct metabolic effect. Possible functional or cognitive impacts may be slower, more variable, and harder or impossible to capture in a short observation window.</p><p>In other words: Sephience does not directly &#8220;repair&#8221; cognition. It aims to reduce the body&#8217;s and brain&#8217;s exposure to excessive phenylalanine. If that reduction is maintained over time, it may create better conditions for neurological health, quality of life, and a lighter daily burden.</p><h2>The brain, Phe, and time</h2><p>Imaging data support the idea that metabolic control can have important neurological implications in PKU, even if we must avoid shortcuts. A study published in 1995 observed that some white matter abnormalities seen on magnetic resonance imaging were at least partially reversible when blood phenylalanine concentration was lowered (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7636650/">Cleary et al., 1995</a>). An important review by Anderson and Leuzzi reached a similar conclusion: white matter pathology in PKU is associated with metabolic control and may be reversible with strict adherence to a low-Phe diet (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20123467/">Anderson and Leuzzi, 2010</a>). More recently, a study in early-treated adults showed that white matter alterations were related to performance in certain attention and executive function tasks (<a href="https://academic.oup.com/braincomms/article/5/3/fcad155/7161924">Muri et al., 2023</a>).</p><p>These studies do not mean that a medication directly rebuilds white matter. That would be too simple a shortcut. They suggest, rather, that the brain remains affected by the quality of metabolic control, and that Phe should not be treated as just a lab number. In PKU, if a treatment helps keep Phe lower, more often, and for longer, with less effort that is difficult to sustain, it may create better biological conditions. Not a magical promise. Not a guarantee. But a more favourable foundation.</p><h2>Diet normalization is not a minor detail</h2><p>One of the most important aspects of Sephience may not be only the reduction in Phe itself, but what that reduction may allow in daily life. In the language of the APHENITY Extension study, the measured outcome is dietary normalization: an increase in dietary Phe tolerance under metabolic monitoring. But from a patient perspective, the broader goal is dietary normalization. Not necessarily the immediate removal of all restrictions, but a meaningful shift toward a normal, less synthetic diet, less medicalized and less life organization around PKU.</p><p>In that extension study, participants who reached a mean Phe level below 360 &#181;mol/L after two weeks were able to enter a dietary Phe tolerance assessment phase. Among the 102 participants assessed, mean dietary Phe intake increased from 27.6 mg/kg/day at baseline to 62.5 mg/kg/day at week 26, while blood Phe continued to be monitored and remained within current treatment goals</p><p>For a person who has lived with PKU since childhood, eating more normally is not just a secondary comfort. It can mean more natural protein, less dependence on medical products, fewer calculations, less fear around meals, less social isolation, and less decision fatigue. The idea of &#8220;normalization&#8221; may sound ordinary from the outside. It is not ordinary when food has always been an area of acute surveillance because of the threat of Phe.</p><p>Of course, Sephience does not mean the diet disappears. Health Canada&#8217;s approved indication states that Sephience is indicated for patients with sepiapterin-responsive PKU <strong>in conjunction with a phenylalanine-restricted diet</strong>. The Canadian product monograph also specifies that patients treated with Sephience should remain on a Phe-restricted diet as directed by their healthcare provider, based on blood Phe assessment. People will still need to measure, adjust, monitor, and work with a metabolic team. But that does not reduce the importance of the possible change. A treatment can matter even if it does not remove every constraint. It can matter because it shifts the daily burden of treatment, makes metabolic control more realistic, and turns a permanent discipline into something more breathable.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-and-the-burden-of?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-and-the-burden-of?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><h2>What Sephience could change</h2><p>In my view, Sephience should not be evaluated as a fast promise of cognitive improvement. It should first be evaluated for what it does directly: lowering phenylalanine in people who respond. Then comes the slower, but essential, question of what better-controlled Phe can allow over time.</p><p>Lower and more stable Phe can support better metabolic stability. Better stability can reduce part of the mental burden. Greater food tolerance can make the diet less invasive. And if, over time, this also allows some people to function better day to day, that would be a possible consequence of better sustained metabolic control, not a simplistic promise.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Phenylketonuria Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>PKU has never been only about food. It is a metabolic disease that imposes a complete organization of life around phenylalanine. The low-Phe diet remains a foundation. Kuvan has helped some patients. Sephience now seems to open a different possibility: not perfectly bypassing PKU, but reducing more of its grip in people who respond. For someone living with PKU, lowering Phe is not just improving a blood result. It may mean reducing a burden that accumulates meal after meal, year after year.</p><p>And if Sephience can do that, even without solving everything, then it may represent much more than a new medication. It may represent a new way of living with phenylketonuria.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-and-the-burden-of/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Laissez un commentaire.&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-kuvan-and-the-burden-of/comments"><span>Laissez un commentaire.</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sephience | The Moment Has Come for Quebecers Living With Phenylketonuria]]></title><description><![CDATA[Send your comments to INESSS before July 7, 2026]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-the-moment-has-come-for</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-the-moment-has-come-for</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:00:08 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This time, we are.</p><p>INESSS is currently evaluating whether Sephience will be covered by the RAMQ. The Institute is inviting people living with phenylketonuria and their caregivers to submit comments as part of that evaluation.</p><p>Why does it matter? Because these comments become part of the file INESSS reviews. Our lived experience, the daily weight of the diet, what it would actually mean to finally have access to this treatment: that&#8217;s exactly the kind of information they&#8217;re looking for, and that no study can tell in our place. It guarantees nothing. But the more of us who speak up, the more our reality weighs in the balance.</p><p><strong>How to take part?</strong></p><ul><li><p>The deadline is July 7, 2026.</p></li><li><p>Fill out the official form &#171; <a href="https://www.inesss.qc.ca/fileadmin/doc/INESSS/Inscription_medicaments/Formulaires/Eval_Questionnaire_patient_EN_safe.doc">Drug Evaluation - Questionnaire for Patients and Caregivers</a> &#187; (the patient questionnaire, downloadable through the link or button below).</p></li></ul><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.inesss.qc.ca/fileadmin/doc/INESSS/Inscription_medicaments/Formulaires/Eval_Questionnaire_patient_EN_safe.doc&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Questionnaire for Patients&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.inesss.qc.ca/fileadmin/doc/INESSS/Inscription_medicaments/Formulaires/Eval_Questionnaire_patient_EN_safe.doc"><span>Questionnaire for Patients</span></a></p><ul><li><p>Send it by email to <a href="mailto:plan.commentaires.inscription@inesss.qc.ca">plan.commentaires.inscription@inesss.qc.ca</a>, or by mail to the following address:</p></li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Institut national d&#8217;excellence en sant&#233; et en services sociaux (INESSS) </strong><br>Direction du m&#233;dicament <br>2535, boulevard Laurier, 5e &#233;tage <br>Qu&#233;bec (Qu&#233;bec) G1V 4M3</p><p><br>You're the best placed to speak about your daily life and what phenylketonuria changes for you. That's exactly what INESSS wants to hear, in your own words. If it helps you think through the areas it touches (diet, social life, mental health, cognition), I've written about that. But the testimony that counts is yours, not mine.<br></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;7c4c0ead-66c1-4bae-a3e2-39593d2d20f0&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Its potential impact could extend beyond diet, affecting quality of life, mental health, certain cognitive functions, and long-term metabolic health.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sephience: 5 undeniable reasons why this new treatment can change the lives of people with phenylketonuria&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:254117440,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Trist&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Dev solo calm-first. Je b&#226;tis des apps en dirigeant l'IA plus qu'en codant. J'&#233;cris sur une relation d&#233;lib&#233;r&#233;e avec la techno et avec mon propre corps (je vis avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie).&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c32184ad-599d-43fa-8fe5-cf80e7d88627_1024x1024.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-27T18:30:01.790Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GRWh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F044ffb98-5570-410b-ab73-6a8d575d1376_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-5-undeniable-reasons-why&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:&quot;PKU Blog&quot;,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:199500111,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:0,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:3096512,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Phenylketonuria Notebook&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JKvI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8887c1d0-3e00-40a4-9065-bbd7b7b43df8_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p><br>We rarely get the chance to speak straight into the mic. Let&#8217;s take it. And share this with the people around you: every testimony counts.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-the-moment-has-come-for?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-the-moment-has-come-for?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><h6><em>Disclaimer: I&#8217;m not a doctor, a researcher, or a healthcare professional. What I share here reflects my reading and my lived experience as someone who lives with phenylketonuria. For any question about your situation or your treatment, talk to your medical team.</em></h6>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sephience | Le moment est venu pour les Québécois vivant avec la phénylcétonurie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Faites parvenir vos commentaires &#224; l'INESSS avant le 7 juillet 2026]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-le-moment-est-venu-pour</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-le-moment-est-venu-pour</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:59:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QmWA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F41b1111a-79a1-4b9f-8289-53305a2060b7_1672x941.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>&#199;a n&#8217;arrive pas souvent qu&#8217;on nous demande directement notre avis sur un traitement qui pourrait changer notre quotidien. L&#224;, c&#8217;est le cas.</p><p>L&#8217;INESSS &#233;value pr&#233;sentement si le Sephience sera rembours&#233; par la RAMQ. L&#8217;Institut invite les personnes vivant avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie et leurs proches aidants &#224; envoyer leurs commentaires dans le cadre de cette &#233;valuation.</p><p>Pourquoi c&#8217;est important? Parce que ces commentaires font partie du dossier que l&#8217;INESSS analyse. Notre v&#233;cu, le poids du r&#233;gime au quotidien, ce que &#231;a repr&#233;senterait d&#8217;avoir enfin acc&#232;s &#224; ce traitement : c&#8217;est exactement le genre d&#8217;information qu&#8217;ils cherchent, et qu&#8217;aucune &#233;tude ne peut raconter &#224; notre place. &#199;a ne garantit rien. Mais plus on est nombreux &#224; t&#233;moigner, plus notre r&#233;alit&#233; p&#232;se dans la balance.</p><h4>Comment participer?</h4><ul><li><p>La date limite est le <strong>7 juillet 2026</strong>.</p></li><li><p>Remplissez le formulaire officiel &#171; <a href="https://www.inesss.qc.ca/fileadmin/doc/INESSS/Inscription_medicaments/Formulaires/Evaluation_Questionnaire_Patients_repondre.doc">&#201;valuation des m&#233;dicaments &#8211; Questionnaire pour les patients</a> &#187; (t&#233;l&#233;chargeable via le lien ou le bouton ci-dessous).<br></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.inesss.qc.ca/fileadmin/doc/INESSS/Inscription_medicaments/Formulaires/Evaluation_Questionnaire_Patients_repondre.doc&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Questionnaire pour les patients&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.inesss.qc.ca/fileadmin/doc/INESSS/Inscription_medicaments/Formulaires/Evaluation_Questionnaire_Patients_repondre.doc"><span>Questionnaire pour les patients</span></a></p></li><li><p>Envoyez-le par courriel &#224; <a href="mailto:plan.commentaires.inscription@inesss.qc.ca">plan.commentaires.inscription@inesss.qc.ca</a>, ou par la poste &#224; l&#8217;adresse suivante :</p></li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Institut national d&#8217;excellence en sant&#233; et en services sociaux (INESSS)<br></strong>Direction du m&#233;dicament<br>2535, boulevard Laurier, 5<sup>e</sup> &#233;tage<br>Qu&#233;bec (Qu&#233;bec) G1V 4M3</p><p><br>Vous &#234;tes les mieux plac&#233;s pour parler de votre quotidien et de ce que la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie change dans votre vie. C'est exactement ce que l'INESSS veut entendre, dans vos mots &#224; vous. Si &#231;a peut vous aider &#224; r&#233;fl&#233;chir aux diff&#233;rentes facettes touch&#233;es (alimentation, vie sociale, sant&#233; mentale, cognition), j'ai &#233;crit un article l&#224;-dessus. Mais le t&#233;moignage qui compte, c'est le v&#244;tre, pas le mien.<br></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;40d166e7-7a0a-4d39-b5b1-54a6d6d767e6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Son impact potentiel pourrait d&#233;passer l&#8217;alimentation, en touchant aussi la qualit&#233; de vie, la sant&#233; mentale, certaines fonctions cognitives et la sant&#233; m&#233;tabolique &#224; long terme.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sephience : 5 raisons ind&#233;niables pourquoi ce nouveau traitement peut changer la vie des personnes avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:254117440,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Trist&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Dev solo calm-first. Je b&#226;tis des apps en dirigeant l'IA plus qu'en codant. J'&#233;cris sur une relation d&#233;lib&#233;r&#233;e avec la techno et avec mon propre corps (je vis avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie).&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c32184ad-599d-43fa-8fe5-cf80e7d88627_1024x1024.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-01T13:16:32.199Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GRWh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F044ffb98-5570-410b-ab73-6a8d575d1376_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-5-raisons-indeniables-pourquoi&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:&quot;PCU Blogue&quot;,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:179557768,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:1,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:3096512,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Phenylketonuria Notebook&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JKvI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8887c1d0-3e00-40a4-9065-bbd7b7b43df8_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p></p><p>On a rarement l'occasion de parler directement dans le micro. Profitons-en. Et partagez ce message autour de vous : chaque t&#233;moignage compte.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-le-moment-est-venu-pour?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-le-moment-est-venu-pour?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><p></p><h6>Avertissement : je ne suis pas m&#233;decin, ni chercheur, ni professionnel de la sant&#233;. Ce que je partage ici refl&#232;te mes lectures et mon v&#233;cu en tant que personne qui vit avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie. Pour toute question sur ta situation ou ton traitement, parle-en &#224; ton &#233;quipe m&#233;dicale.</h6><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Phenylketonuria Notebook est une publication soutenue par les lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux posts et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir un abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[From now on, I’ll write to you in your language]]></title><description><![CDATA[D&#233;sormais, je vous &#233;crirai dans votre langue]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/from-now-on-ill-write-to-you-in-your</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/from-now-on-ill-write-to-you-in-your</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:24:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WXe-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h6>Fran&#231;ais ci-dessous</h6><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WXe-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WXe-!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WXe-!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WXe-!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WXe-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WXe-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1632028,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/i/201011452?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WXe-!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WXe-!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WXe-!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WXe-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5404f441-bd67-48e3-ad22-4b3876bded1e_1672x941.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>A small change, and a thirty-second move for English-speaking readers.</p><p>For years, I&#8217;ve published every piece in French, then in English right below it. Which means half of what lands in your inbox isn&#8217;t in your language, and you scroll past it. I never liked that. So I changed it.</p><p>From now on, the Notebook has two separate editions: PKU Blog in English, and PCU Blogue in French. Each article lives on its own page, in a single language. In practice, you&#8217;ll get your emails in the language you choose, with no second version tacked on underneath.</p><p><strong>One important thing:</strong> by default, everyone stays subscribed to the French edition, PCU Blogue. So if you&#8217;d rather read me in English, here&#8217;s the one small move I&#8217;m asking of you. Head to <a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/account">phenylcetonurie.ca/account</a>, switch on PKU Blog, and, if you want English only, switch off PCU Blogue so you don&#8217;t get both. It takes thirty seconds.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!crvt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea021ecd-9249-4665-b1da-0cfb96ac215c_1140x346.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!crvt!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea021ecd-9249-4665-b1da-0cfb96ac215c_1140x346.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!crvt!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea021ecd-9249-4665-b1da-0cfb96ac215c_1140x346.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!crvt!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea021ecd-9249-4665-b1da-0cfb96ac215c_1140x346.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!crvt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea021ecd-9249-4665-b1da-0cfb96ac215c_1140x346.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!crvt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea021ecd-9249-4665-b1da-0cfb96ac215c_1140x346.png" width="1140" height="346" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ea021ecd-9249-4665-b1da-0cfb96ac215c_1140x346.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:346,&quot;width&quot;:1140,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:73042,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/i/201011452?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea021ecd-9249-4665-b1da-0cfb96ac215c_1140x346.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!crvt!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea021ecd-9249-4665-b1da-0cfb96ac215c_1140x346.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!crvt!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea021ecd-9249-4665-b1da-0cfb96ac215c_1140x346.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!crvt!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea021ecd-9249-4665-b1da-0cfb96ac215c_1140x346.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!crvt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea021ecd-9249-4665-b1da-0cfb96ac215c_1140x346.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Here&#8217;s your settings page: switch on the edition you want, switch off the other.&#8221;</figcaption></figure></div><p>I know it&#8217;s a step on your end, and I wish I could do it for you. But Substack won&#8217;t let me pick your language for you: each person has to set it themselves. Hence this message.</p><p>The goal behind all this is simple: that you get the Notebook in the language that actually speaks to you, with no noise around it. Thank you for being here, in either language.</p><p>Tristan</p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BP6p!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6cdfd1e0-0fae-4885-8dcf-e00f79676a1f_1672x941.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BP6p!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6cdfd1e0-0fae-4885-8dcf-e00f79676a1f_1672x941.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BP6p!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6cdfd1e0-0fae-4885-8dcf-e00f79676a1f_1672x941.png 848w, 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Je n&#8217;ai jamais aim&#233; &#231;a. Alors je l&#8217;ai chang&#233;.</p><p>&#192; partir de maintenant, le Carnet a deux &#233;ditions distinctes : PCU Blogue, en fran&#231;ais, et PKU Blog, en anglais. Chaque article vit sur sa propre page, dans une seule langue. Concr&#232;tement, vous recevrez vos courriels dans la langue de votre choix, sans le doublon coll&#233; en dessous.</p><p>Une chose importante : par d&#233;faut, tout le monde reste abonn&#233; &#224; l&#8217;&#233;dition fran&#231;aise, PCU Blogue. Si c&#8217;est votre langue, vous n&#8217;avez rien &#224; faire. Vous &#234;tes d&#233;j&#224; au bon endroit.</p><p>Si vous pr&#233;f&#233;rez me lire en anglais, voici la seule petite man&#339;uvre que je vous demande. Rendez-vous sur <a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/account">phenylcetonurie.ca/account</a>, activez PKU Blog, et, si vous ne voulez que l&#8217;anglais, d&#233;sactivez PCU Blogue pour ne pas tout recevoir en double. &#199;a prend trente secondes.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o_Im!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76ae3c50-db9b-4f7a-b631-83f76443588b_1148x350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o_Im!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76ae3c50-db9b-4f7a-b631-83f76443588b_1148x350.png 424w, 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Mais Substack ne me permet pas de choisir la langue &#224; votre place : c&#8217;est &#224; chaque personne de l&#8217;indiquer. D&#8217;o&#249; ce message.</p><p>Le but de tout &#231;a est simple : que vous receviez le Carnet dans la langue o&#249; il vous parle vraiment, sans bruit autour. Merci d&#8217;&#234;tre l&#224;, dans une langue comme dans l&#8217;autre.</p><p>Tristan</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Une histoire de PCU | Nathan et la phénylcétonurie: vivre avec une maladie invisible au quotidien]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nathan a 9 ans. Comme tous les enfants de son &#226;ge, il aime jouer, rire et profiter de la vie. Mais Nathan vit avec une maladie rare : la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie (PCU).]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/une-histoire-de-pcu-nathan-et-la-b09</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/une-histoire-de-pcu-nathan-et-la-b09</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:19:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!izVU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcfcf8e33-eec5-43c4-ab96-14acefdece08_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h6>English below</h6><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!izVU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcfcf8e33-eec5-43c4-ab96-14acefdece08_1536x1024.png" 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Elles ne remplacent pas un avis m&#233;dical professionnel. Consultez toujours un professionnel de sant&#233; avant d&#8217;appliquer des modifications &#224; votre r&#233;gime ou d&#8217;entreprendre un programme d&#8217;activit&#233; physique.</h6></div><p>Sant&#233; Canada a enfin approuv&#233; le Sephience de PTC Therapeutics en octobre 2025, un traitement tr&#232;s prometteur qui a d&#233;j&#224; fait ses preuves et qui a le potentiel d&#8217;am&#233;liorer la vie des gens atteint de ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie. Mais rien n&#8217;est encore jou&#233;! </p><blockquote><h4>Faites entendre votre voix: Compl&#233;tez le <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflNvJbDS0KVCM68WJrFxU1f6LE6PYp2PtbMoWWsUm58aUdcA/viewform?pli=1">sondage de CanPCU+</a> avant le 30 novembre. </h4></blockquote><p>Rien ne garanti qu&#8217;il sera rendu disponible dans les diff&#233;rentes provinces du Canada. Il est donc essentiel de partager notre exp&#233;rience de la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie, de d&#233;crire nos d&#233;fis quotidiens et surtout d&#8217;expliquer comment le Sephience &#224; la possibilit&#233; de changer notre quotidien de mani&#232;re significative. &#192; cette fin, j&#8217;ai invit&#233; plusieurs membres de la communaut&#233; &#224; me faire parvenir leur t&#233;moignage. Aujourd&#8217;hui, je vous partage le texte de Catherine H&#233;roux.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie est une publication soutenue par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, pensez &#224; vous abonner gratuitement ou &#224; devenir abonn&#233; payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div><hr></div><p><em>Nathan a 9 ans. Comme tous les enfants de son &#226;ge, il aime jouer, rire et profiter de la vie. Mais Nathan vit avec une maladie rare : la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie (PCU). Cette maladie m&#233;tabolique h&#233;r&#233;ditaire emp&#234;che son corps de d&#233;composer correctement la ph&#233;nylalanine, un acide amin&#233; pr&#233;sent dans les prot&#233;ines. Pour &#233;viter une accumulation toxique dans son sang, il doit suivre une di&#232;te extr&#234;mement stricte, faible en prot&#233;ines, chaque jour de sa vie.</em></p><p><em>Nathan peut consommer un maximum de 330 mg de ph&#233;nylalanine par jour, soit environ 7 grammes de prot&#233;ines. Chaque aliment qu&#8217;il mange doit &#234;tre pes&#233;, mesur&#233; et calcul&#233;. Le moindre &#233;cart peut avoir de graves cons&#233;quences sur son d&#233;veloppement neurologique, entra&#238;nant des troubles cognitifs irr&#233;versibles.</em></p><p><em>Sur papier, cela peut sembler simple : il suffit de compter. En r&#233;alit&#233;, c&#8217;est un combat de chaque jour.</em></p><p><em>Prenons un exemple : un d&#233;jeuner typique pour un enfant de 9 ans, deux toasts au Nutella et une banane.</em></p><ul><li><p><em>Le pain doit contenir moins de 1 g de prot&#233;ine par tranche (45 mg de ph&#233;nylalanine)</em></p></li><li><p><em>La banane ajoute 45 mg</em></p></li><li><p><em>Une cuill&#232;re &#224; table de Nutella en ajoute 45 mg</em></p></li></ul><p><em>R&#233;sultat : 135 mg de ph&#233;nylalanine pour le d&#233;jeuner.<br>Il ne lui reste donc que 195 mg pour le reste de la journ&#233;e. Trois repas et des collations comprises. La marge est infime.</em></p><p><em>Pr&#233;parer les repas, mesurer les quantit&#233;s, planifier les menus, administrer la formule m&#233;dicale sp&#233;ciale&#8230; tout cela repr&#233;sente pr&#232;s de 4 heures par jour, soit 28 heures par semaine, l&#8217;&#233;quivalent d&#8217;un emploi &#224; temps partiel.</em></p><p><em>Les frustrations sont nombreuses. Certains jours, Nathan a plus faim. Mais une fois sa limite atteinte, il ne lui reste que quelques aliments tr&#232;s faibles en prot&#233;ines, souvent sans go&#251;t. Les tentations sont partout : &#224; l&#8217;&#233;picerie, &#224; l&#8217;&#233;cole, lors des f&#234;tes d&#8217;amis, &#224; l&#8217;Halloween, ou pendant les c&#233;l&#233;brations de classe. Autant de moments qui rappellent &#224; Nathan qu&#8217;il ne peut pas manger comme les autres.</em></p><p><em>Au-del&#224; de la di&#232;te, il y a le poids &#233;motionnel. Nathan se demande souvent &#171;Pourquoi moi?&#187;. Il en a assez d&#8217;expliquer sa maladie pour justifier ses repas &#171;diff&#233;rents&#187;. Ce besoin d&#8217;&#234;tre accept&#233;, compris, et de se sentir normal est constant.</em></p><p><em>Partir en voyage avec un enfant atteint de PCU, c&#8217;est une &#233;preuve de planification. Impossible de se fier aux aliments offerts sur place : tout doit &#234;tre pr&#233;par&#233; &#224; l&#8217;avance, pes&#233; et transport&#233;. Le temps de vacances se transforme en temps de gestion et de calculs. La spontan&#233;it&#233; n&#8217;existe pas.</em></p><p><em>Heureusement, la science avance.</em></p><p><em>Un nouveau m&#233;dicament, le Sephience, pourrait transformer la vie des personnes atteintes de ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie. Ce traitement aide &#224; r&#233;duire le taux de ph&#233;nylalanine dans le sang et permet d&#8217;augmenter l&#8217;apport quotidien en prot&#233;ines.</em></p><p><em>Pour Nathan, cela signifierait pouvoir go&#251;ter &#224; plus d&#8217;aliments, aller au restaurant, voyager plus librement, et surtout vivre comme un enfant normal.<br>Ce m&#233;dicament repr&#233;sente non seulement un espoir m&#233;dical, mais aussi un soulagement immense pour les familles qui consacrent des heures &#224; la pr&#233;paration et au calcul des repas.</em></p><p><em>Quand Nathan a appris l&#8217;existence du Sephience, ses yeux se sont illumin&#233;s. Pour lui, c&#8217;est la promesse d&#8217;une vie plus simple, plus libre.</em></p><p><em><strong>Le Sephience doit devenir accessible aux r&#233;sidents du Qu&#233;bec. </strong>Chaque jour compte pour les enfants comme Nathan, qui font preuve d&#8217;un courage et d&#8217;une r&#233;silience exceptionnels. Gr&#226;ce &#224; la science, ils peuvent esp&#233;rer une vie plus normale. <strong>Mais pour cela, il faut que ces avanc&#233;es soient &#224; la port&#233;e de tous.</strong></em></p><p><em>Offrons &#224; Nathan et &#224; tous les enfants atteints de ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie l&#8217;espoir d&#8217;une vie sans calculs, sans peur, et pleine de libert&#233;.</em></p><div><hr></div><h3>Faisons retentir notre voix, haut et fort</h3><p>La ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie, m&#234;me trait&#233;e par le r&#233;gime alimentaire faible en prot&#233;ines, reste un d&#233;fi quotidien&#8239;: elle s&#8217;immisce dans chaque repas, chaque d&#233;cision, chaque instant de libert&#233;. Pourtant, Sephience propose des solutions qui pourraient all&#233;ger ce fardeau et redonner du contr&#244;le &#224; nos vies.</p><p>Si vous souhaitez ajouter votre t&#233;moignage &#224; cette mobilisation, n&#8217;h&#233;sitez pas &#224; me l&#8217;envoyer. Chaque histoire est importante. Sinon, partagez simplement cet article pour que le message se propage.</p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:254117440,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Tristan&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/une-histoire-de-pcu-nathan-et-la-b09?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/une-histoire-de-pcu-nathan-et-la-b09?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><p>Un grand merci &#224; Catherine H&#233;roux pour son t&#233;moignage.</p><h4>&#192; lire aussi</h4><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/dernieres-nouvelles-au-sujet-du-sepiapterin?r=47am9s&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false">Derni&#232;res nouvelles et r&#233;sultats pour S&#233;piapterin, un traitement de PTC Therapeutics pour la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/une-formation-de-canpcu-traitement">Une formation de CanPCU+ | Traitement approuv&#233;. Et maintenant? S&#233;ance de formation ambassadeurs</a></p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pourquoi je commence chaque journée par 50g de protéines des formules (+ recette chocolat caramel)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chaque matin, c&#8217;est la m&#234;me chose.]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/pourquoi-je-commence-chaque-journee-36c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/pourquoi-je-commence-chaque-journee-36c</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:14:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XdDU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd03c515f-b7bb-4283-9565-cca286285237_4632x2425.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>&#192; retenir</h2><ul><li><p>Les formules d&#8217;acides amin&#233;s sont la principale source de prot&#233;ines pour les personnes vivant avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie (PCU), puisque les prot&#233;ines naturelles contiennent de la ph&#233;nylalanine, un acide amin&#233; que leur corps ne peut pas m&#233;taboliser.</p></li><li><p>Commencer la journ&#233;e par des prot&#233;ines plut&#244;t que par des glucides stabilise la glyc&#233;mie, r&#233;duit les pics d&#8217;insuline et am&#233;liore la r&#233;ponse glyc&#233;mique des repas suivants (second meal effect). C&#8217;est particuli&#232;rement important pour les adultes PCU, qui sont &#224; risque accru de r&#233;sistance &#224; l&#8217;insuline en raison d&#8217;un r&#233;gime naturellement trop riche en glucides.</p></li><li><p>Un shake de formules d&#8217;acides amin&#233;s le matin (comme ce shake chocolat et caramel &#224; 50g d&#8217;&#233;quivalent prot&#233;ique) est une strat&#233;gie concr&#232;te pour b&#226;tir une fondation nutritionnelle solide d&#232;s le d&#233;but de la journ&#233;e.</p></li></ul><div class="pullquote"><h6>Avertissement&#8239;: les informations pr&#233;sent&#233;es ici refl&#232;tent mon exp&#233;rience personnelle avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie et mes recherches personnelles. Elles ne remplacent pas un avis m&#233;dical professionnel. Consultez toujours un professionnel de sant&#233; avant d&#8217;appliquer des modifications &#224; votre r&#233;gime ou d&#8217;entreprendre un programme d&#8217;activit&#233; physique.</h6></div><p>Chaque matin, c&#8217;est la m&#234;me chose. Avant le caf&#233;, avant les courriels, avant tout le reste, je me pr&#233;pare une formule d&#8217;acides amin&#233;s pour la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie. 50 grammes d&#8217;&#233;quivalent prot&#233;ique, faible en glucides. C&#8217;est ma base. C&#8217;est ce qui me tient debout.</p><p>Si vous vivez avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie, vous savez que notre r&#233;gime est naturellement d&#233;s&#233;quilibr&#233; : trop de glucides, pas assez de prot&#233;ines naturelles. C&#8217;est document&#233;. Les &#233;tudes montrent que les adultes PCU consomment des quantit&#233;s excessives de glucides et d&#233;veloppent des profils nutritionnels probl&#233;matiques en vieillissant. Le risque de r&#233;sistance &#224; l&#8217;insuline est r&#233;el, et il est directement li&#233; &#224; cette surcharge de glucides dans notre alimentation.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie est une publication financ&#233;e par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, pensez &#224; vous abonner gratuitement ou &#224; souscrire un abonnement payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Mais ce que la science dit aussi, et &#231;a, &#231;a ne concerne pas juste nous, c&#8217;est que commencer sa journ&#233;e par des prot&#233;ines plut&#244;t que par des glucides change compl&#232;tement la donne. Un d&#233;jeuner riche en prot&#233;ines stabilise la glyc&#233;mie, r&#233;duit les pics d&#8217;insuline et am&#233;liore m&#234;me la r&#233;ponse glyc&#233;mique du repas suivant. C&#8217;est ce que les chercheurs appellent le &#171; second meal effect &#187; : ce que vous mangez le matin influence directement comment votre corps r&#233;agit au d&#238;ner. Et l&#8217;inverse est aussi vrai. Un d&#233;jeuner riche en glucides raffin&#233;s provoque un pic de glyc&#233;mie rapide, suivi d&#8217;une chute qui am&#232;ne la faim, l&#8217;irritabilit&#233; et l&#8217;envie de grignoter.</p><p>Pour quelqu&#8217;un avec la PCU, c&#8217;est encore plus critique. On ne peut pas aller chercher nos prot&#233;ines dans des &#339;ufs ou du yogourt grec comme tout le monde. Nos formules d&#8217;acides amin&#233;s, c&#8217;est notre source principale. Alors si je ne commence pas ma journ&#233;e avec &#231;a, je pars d&#233;j&#224; en d&#233;ficit. Et un d&#233;ficit de prot&#233;ines le matin, combin&#233; &#224; notre d&#233;pendance aux f&#233;culents, c&#8217;est exactement la recette pour les probl&#232;mes m&#233;taboliques &#224; long terme qu&#8217;on essaie d&#8217;&#233;viter.</p><p>Donc oui, mon shake du matin, c&#8217;est non n&#233;gociable. C&#8217;est ma fondation nutritionnelle pour la journ&#233;e. Et en bonus, celui que je vous partage aujourd&#8217;hui go&#251;te le chocolat et le caramel. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/pourquoi-je-commence-chaque-journee-36c?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/pourquoi-je-commence-chaque-journee-36c?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><h3>Ingr&#233;dients</h3><ul><li><p>Environ 1 tasse et demie d&#8217;eau (varie au go&#251;t)</p></li><li><p>2 sachets de formule d&#8217;acides amin&#233;s Glytactin Build au chocolat</p></li><li><p>1 sachet de Phenylade GMP Mix-in</p></li><li><p>Quelques gouttes de <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Stevia-Liquid-Extract-English-Toffee/dp/B078WWSFHP">stevia au caramel</a></p></li></ul><h3>Pr&#233;paration</h3><ul><li><p>C&#8217;est tr&#232;s simple. Versez l&#8217;eau et les ingr&#233;dients dans un m&#233;langeur (ou Magic Bullet)</p></li><li><p>M&#233;langez pendant 30 secondes </p></li><li><p>Savourez</p></li></ul><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/pourquoi-je-commence-chaque-journee-36c/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Laissez un commentaire.&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/pourquoi-je-commence-chaque-journee-36c/comments"><span>Laissez un commentaire.</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[L’importance du régime alimentaire à vie]]></title><description><![CDATA[La litt&#233;rature scientifique et de nombreux professionnels de la sant&#233; s&#8217;accordent &#224; penser que le r&#233;gime PCU doit &#234;tre poursuivi &#224; vie.]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/limportance-du-regime-alimentaire-46b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/limportance-du-regime-alimentaire-46b</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 11:04:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EET3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fffdc437c-32a2-4658-a99f-cc23e09eeb51_1672x941.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EET3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fffdc437c-32a2-4658-a99f-cc23e09eeb51_1672x941.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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r&#233;gime alimentaire pour la vie - cet article fournit quelques explications sur les connaissances actuelles au sujet de la ph&#233;nylalanine et le cerveau en lien avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie (PCU).</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie est une publication financ&#233;e par les lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, pensez &#224; devenir un abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h3><strong>Pourquoi le r&#233;gime &#224; vie n&#8217;&#233;tait pas recommand&#233; avant?</strong></h3><p>Pendant longtemps, de nombreux professionnels de la sant&#233; croyaient que le r&#233;gime PCU pouvait &#234;tre arr&#234;t&#233; &#224; partir de l&#8217;&#226;ge de 6 ans sans effets n&#233;fastes<sup>1,2</sup>. Cette recommandation &#233;tait motiv&#233;e par la croyance que des taux &#233;lev&#233;s de ph&#233;nylalanine ne sont toxiques pour le cerveau que pendant les p&#233;riodes de croissance et de d&#233;veloppement. Les premi&#232;res &#233;tudes ne d&#233;montraient pas non plus d&#8217;effets n&#233;fastes lors de l&#8217;arr&#234;t du r&#233;gime PCU<sup>3-5</sup>, mais ces conclusions reposaient sur des &#233;tudes portant sur un petit nombre de patients et sur des proc&#233;dures scientifiques diff&#233;rentes, ainsi que sur des &#233;tudes ayant peu d&#8217;applications pratiques ou cliniques.</p><h3><strong>Pourquoi le r&#233;gime &#224; vie est-il maintenant recommand&#233;?</strong></h3><p>On sait depuis longtemps que le d&#233;veloppement d'une r&#233;gion du cerveau appel&#233;e cortex pr&#233;frontal et que la formation de my&#233;line se poursuivent pendant l'adolescence et que ce processus n'est pas compl&#233;t&#233; avant l'&#226;ge adulte. La litt&#233;rature scientifique et de nombreux professionnels de la sant&#233; s&#8217;accordent &#224; penser que le r&#233;gime PCU doit &#234;tre poursuivi &#224; vie. Ce point de vue s'est encore renforc&#233; avec la publication des directives europ&#233;ennes sur le diagnostic et la gestion de la PCU<sup>6</sup>, qui reposaient sur un nombre consid&#233;rable de recherches.</p><h3><strong>Que se passe-t-il si vous ne suivez pas le r&#233;gime &#224; vie?</strong></h3><p>Les patients adultes qui ont arr&#234;t&#233; le r&#233;gime PCU ont des probl&#232;mes de fonctionnement ex&#233;cutif, de traitement de l'information (temps de r&#233;action, d'attention) et d'humeur (conscience de soi, anxi&#233;t&#233;, d&#233;pression et faible estime de soi) par rapport aux adultes qui ont poursuivi leur r&#233;gime alimentaire &#224; vie et aux adultes non PCU<sup>7-11</sup>. Il est important de noter que ces complications ne sont pas imm&#233;diatement perceptibles et peuvent prendre un certain temps &#224; se manifester (et les difficult&#233;s rencontr&#233;es peuvent &#234;tre d'une gravit&#233; variable).</p><h3><strong>Que se passe-t-il dans le cerveau d&#8217;une personne PCU qui ne suit pas le r&#233;gime?</strong></h3><p>Les effets n&#233;gatifs de la toxicit&#233; de la ph&#233;nylalanine sont complexes et loin d&#8217;&#234;tre bien compris. Bien qu&#8217;un niveau &#233;lev&#233; de ph&#233;nylalanine soit assur&#233;ment dommageable pour le cerveau, ses causes demeurent hypoth&#233;tiques. Deux causes probables de ce d&#233;clin neurologique ont &#233;t&#233; identifi&#233;es: des modifications de la substance blanche et un dysfonctionnement du cortex pr&#233;frontal en raison de modifications des neurotransmetteurs.</p><h3><strong>Qu'est-ce que la substance blanche dans le cerveau?</strong></h3><p>La substance blanche repr&#233;sente plus de la moiti&#233; du cerveau humain et contient des fibres nerveuses (axones) qui sont des extensions de cellules nerveuses (neurones). Beaucoup de ces fibres nerveuses sont entour&#233;es d'un rev&#234;tement appel&#233; my&#233;line. La my&#233;line, m&#233;lange de prot&#233;ines et de mati&#232;res grasses, donne sa couleur &#224; la mati&#232;re blanche et contribue &#224; maintenir la vitesse et la transmission des impulsions &#233;lectriques<sup>12</sup>. L'augmentation des concentrations et des dommages &#224; la structure de la substance blanche est tr&#232;s r&#233;pandue dans la PCU, car environ 90% des patients pr&#233;sentent des anomalies<sup>13</sup>.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/limportance-du-regime-alimentaire-46b?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/limportance-du-regime-alimentaire-46b?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><h3><strong>Qu'advient-il de la substance blanche avec la PCU?</strong></h3><p>La progression et la gravit&#233; des anomalies de la substance blanche sont influenc&#233;es par l'&#226;ge (la situation empire d&#232;s l&#8217;&#226;ge de 20 ans), la conformit&#233; &#224; la restriction de la ph&#233;nylalanine et l'exposition prolong&#233;e &#224; des taux &#233;lev&#233;s de ph&#233;nylalanine<sup>14</sup>. On pense qu'une exposition prolong&#233;e &#224; la ph&#233;nylalanine augment&#233;e bloque la formation de my&#233;line<sup>13</sup>. Comme la my&#233;line aide &#224; la transmission des impulsions &#233;lectriques, les perturbations du fonctionnement ex&#233;cutif observ&#233;es chez les patients atteints de PCU ne suivant pas le r&#233;gime alimentaire confirment l'hypoth&#232;se selon laquelle les taux &#233;lev&#233;s de ph&#233;nylalanine ont un impact sur la my&#233;linisation. Fait int&#233;ressant, la recherche montre que ces changements c&#233;r&#233;braux peuvent &#234;tre invers&#233;s lorsque le r&#233;gime PCU est repris avec une stricte conformit&#233;<sup>13</sup>. La dur&#233;e de l'observation stricte du r&#233;gime n&#233;cessaire pour r&#233;duire les anomalies de la substance blanche n'est pas connue, mais des &#233;tudes d'imagerie sugg&#232;rent qu&#8217;un minimum de deux mois de restriction stricte de la ph&#233;nylalanine pourraient &#234;tre n&#233;cessaires<sup>15</sup>.</p><h3><strong>Qu'en est-il de la th&#233;orie des neurotransmetteurs avec la PCU?</strong></h3><p>La toxicit&#233; de la ph&#233;nylalanine est &#233;galement associ&#233;e &#224; un dysfonctionnement du cortex pr&#233;frontal d&#251; &#224; des modifications des neurotransmetteurs (messagers chimiques dans le cerveau). En raison d'une absorption plus &#233;lev&#233;e de ph&#233;nylalanine dans le cerveau<sup>16</sup>, des carences en tyrosine se produisent, ce qui diminue les concentrations atteignant le cerveau<sup>17</sup>. Comme la tyrosine est importante pour la production de neurotransmetteurs, on croit que de faibles niveaux de tyrosine entra&#238;nent des modifications des neurotransmetteurs et un dysfonctionnement du cortex pr&#233;frontal. En g&#233;n&#233;ral, le cortex pr&#233;frontal aide &#224; la prise de d&#233;cision, aux fonctions ex&#233;cutives et &#224; la stabilit&#233; &#233;motionnelle. Une fois de plus, le retour &#224; un r&#233;gime alimentaire restreint en ph&#233;nylalanine entra&#238;ne des am&#233;liorations dans les trois domaines : fonctionnement ex&#233;cutif, prise de d&#233;cision et stabilit&#233; &#233;motionnelle<sup>18,19</sup>. Il a &#233;galement &#233;t&#233; prouv&#233; que la prise de substituts de prot&#233;ines contenant de hauts niveaux d&#8217;acides amin&#233;s neutres (que tous les substituts de prot&#233;ines contiennent) r&#233;duit l&#8217;absorption de ph&#233;nylalanine dans le cerveau<sup>20</sup>et am&#233;liore encore son fonctionnement<sup>21</sup>.</p><h3><strong>Comment cela affecte-t-il les personnes atteintes de PCU qui ne suivent plus de r&#233;gime?</strong></h3><p>Malheureusement, le manque de conformit&#233; &#224; la restriction de la ph&#233;nylalanine tout au long de la vie est courant<sup>22-24</sup>, en particulier chez les adolescents plus &#226;g&#233;s et les populations adultes<sup>25</sup>. Nous devons nous efforcer de respecter le droit de tous les patients en fournissant des conseils fond&#233;s sur des faits et en s'appuyant sur des preuves scientifiques solides pour que les patients puissent prendre des d&#233;cisions &#233;clair&#233;es. &#201;tant donn&#233; les difficult&#233;s associ&#233;es au r&#233;tablissement d'une restriction stricte de la ph&#233;nylalanine et aux complications potentielles &#224; long terme associ&#233;es &#224; l'arr&#234;t du r&#233;gime, il semble judicieux d'encourager la restriction &#224; vie de la ph&#233;nylalanine et la suppl&#233;mentation en substituts de prot&#233;ines.</p><p>Avec un retour &#224; la restriction de la ph&#233;nylalanine, on constate une am&#233;lioration des niveaux de substance blanche et de neurotransmetteur. De ce fait, des am&#233;liorations du fonctionnement ex&#233;cutif, du traitement de l&#8217;information et des &#233;tats d&#8217;humeur, ainsi qu&#8217;un r&#233;tablissement du contr&#244;le m&#233;tabolique et une pr&#233;vention des carences nutritionnelles sont &#233;galement visibles.</p><h3><strong>Comment les gens peuvent-ils revenir au r&#233;gime PCU?</strong></h3><p>Les strat&#233;gies d'am&#233;lioration de l'observance alimentaire ne sont pas bien &#233;tudi&#233;es dans la PCU. Aucune m&#233;thode ne sera efficace pour tout le monde et une approche individualis&#233;e pour r&#233;tablir le r&#233;gime alimentaire de la PCU est essentielle. Selon certaines d&#233;couvertes pr&#233;liminaires de travaux non publi&#233;s, une approche progressive peut s'av&#233;rer utile. Des recherches sont n&#233;cessaires pour aider &#224; &#233;laborer des strat&#233;gies efficaces dans le but de parvenir &#224; une conformit&#233; permanente au r&#233;gime et aux substituts de prot&#233;ines. Un soutien est disponible pour les patients souhaitant poursuivre leur r&#233;gime alimentaire &#224; vie ou pour ceux qui cherchent &#224; s&#8217;y conformer de nouveau. Outre une grande vari&#233;t&#233; de substituts prescrits disponibles dans diff&#233;rentes pr&#233;sentations (liquides, poudres et tablettes), ar&#244;mes et compositions, il existe des ressources et des informations utiles en ligne et dans les m&#233;dias sociaux. Avec les professionnels de la sant&#233;, les sites Web, les outils et les applications pour t&#233;l&#233;phones intelligents peuvent aider les personnes &#224; retrouver la ma&#238;trise de leur m&#233;tabolisme.</p><p>Tandis que de plus en plus de gens continuent &#224; suivre la philosophie du r&#233;gime &#224; vie, les connaissances relatives &#224; leurs exp&#233;riences et &#224; leurs r&#233;sultats continueront d&#8217;augmenter, ce qui enrichira notre base de donn&#233;es et de preuves et nous aidera &#224; combattre les effets n&#233;fastes de la ph&#233;nylalanine au sein de la communaut&#233; PCU.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager Phenylketonuria Notebook&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Partager Phenylketonuria Notebook</span></a></p><p><strong>R&#233;f&#233;rences :</strong></p><ol><li><p>Horner FA, Streamer CW, Alejandrino LL, et al. 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High phenylalanine levels directly affect mood and sustained attention in adults with phenylketonuria: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 2011;34(1):165-71.</p></li><li><p>Dyer CA. Pathophysiology of phenylketonuria. Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews. 1999;5(2):104-12.</p></li><li><p>Anderson PJ, Leuzzi V. White matter pathology in phenylketonuria. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2010;99:S3-S9.</p></li><li><p>Mastrangelo M, Chiarotti F, Berillo L, et al. The outcome of white matter abnormalities in early treated phenylketonuric patients: A retrospective longitudinal long-term study. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism.116(3):171-7.</p></li><li><p>Cleary MA, Walter JH, Wraith JE, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging in phenylketonuria: reversal of cerebral white matter change. The Journal of Pediatrics. 1995;127(2):251-5.</p></li><li><p>Smith QR, Momma S, Aoyagi M, et al. 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The Lancet. 2002;360(9326):55-7.</p></li></ol><h1>Cl&#233;</h1><p><strong>COGNITION: </strong>Processus mentaux et pens&#233;e</p><p><strong>FONCTIONS EX&#201;CUTIVES: </strong>Ensemble des processus n&#233;cessaires au contr&#244;le cognitif du comportement. Les fonctions ex&#233;cutives comprennent le contr&#244;le de l'attention, la m&#233;moire de travail, la flexibilit&#233; cognitive, le raisonnement et la r&#233;solution de probl&#232;mes.</p><p><strong>MY&#201;LINE:</strong>Mat&#233;riau compos&#233; de prot&#233;ines et de graisses qui forme une couche protectrice (appel&#233;e gaine) autour de certains nerfs.</p><p><strong>MY&#201;LINISATION:</strong>Processus de formation de my&#233;line.</p><p><strong>NEUROTRANSMETTEUR:</strong>Messager chimique qui transmet les signaux d'un neurone (cellule nerveuse) &#224; un autre.</p><p><strong>CORTEX PR&#201;FRONTAL: </strong>Zone du cerveau qui aide &#224; la planification d'un comportement complexe, y compris la prise de d&#233;cision et la stabilit&#233; &#233;motionnelle.</p><p><strong>SUBSTANCE BLANCHE: </strong>Tissu le plus p&#226;le du cerveau et de la moelle &#233;pini&#232;re, constitu&#233; principalement de fibres nerveuses avec leurs gaines de my&#233;line. La substance blanche affecte l'apprentissage et les fonctions c&#233;r&#233;brales.</p><h1></h1>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Importance of Diet for Life ]]></title><description><![CDATA["There is now agreement in the scientific literature and amongst many healthcare professionals that the PKU diet should be continued for life."]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/the-importance-of-diet-for-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/the-importance-of-diet-for-life</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 11:00:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_y5K!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F27497a35-3bf2-4447-8cea-fea08ac676ef_1672x941.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 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class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Phenylketonuria Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h3><strong>Why wasn&#8217;t diet for life recommended at the beginning?</strong></h3><p>For some time many healthcare professionals believed the PKU diet could be stopped from age 6 with no ill effects <sup>1,2</sup>. This was driven by the belief that high phenylalanine levels are only toxic to the brain during periods of growth and development. Some early studies also failed to show ill effects of stopping the PKU Diet <sup>3-5</sup>, yet these findings were based on studies of small patient numbers and different scientific procedures together with studies of little practical and/or clinical application.</p><h3><strong>Why is diet for life being recommended now?</strong></h3><p>It has long been known however, that development of an area in the brain called the prefrontal cortex and also myelin formation continues through adolescence and this is not complete until adulthood. There is now agreement in the scientific literature and amongst many healthcare professionals that the PKU diet should be continued for life. This viewpoint became stronger still with publication of the European guidelines for diagnosis and management of PKU<sup>6</sup>, which were based on a significant amount of research.</p><h3><strong>What happens if you don&#8217;t follow diet for Life?</strong></h3><p>Adult patients who have stopped the PKU diet experience poor executive functioning, information processing (reaction times, attention) and mood states (self-conscious, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem) compared with adults who have continued their PKU diet through life, and also non-PKU adults<sup>7-11</sup>. It is important to note that these complications are not immediately noticeable and may take some time to show up (and there is ranging severity of the difficulties experienced).</p><h3><strong>What happens in the brain if you have PKU and you are not on diet?</strong></h3><p>The negative effects of phenylalanine toxicity are complex and far from being fully understood. Although raised phenylalanine is undoubtedly damaging to the brain, the causes for this remain hypothetical. Two likely ways in which this neurological decline happens have been identified &#8211; that is both white matter changes and also prefrontal cortex dysfunction due to neurotransmitter changes.</p><h3><strong>What is white matter in the brain?</strong></h3><p>White matter makes up over half the human brain and contains nerve fibres (axons), which are extensions of nerve cells (neurons). Many of these nerve fibres are surrounded by a covering called myelin. Myelin, a mixture of proteins and fats, gives the white matter its colour and acts to uphold the speed and transmission of electrical impulses<sup>12</sup>. Increased concentrations and damage to the structure of white matter is highly prevalent in PKU with an estimated 90% of patients experiencing abnormalities<sup>13</sup>.</p><h3><strong>What happens to white matter in PKU off and on diet?</strong></h3><p>The progression and severity of white matter abnormalities is influenced by age (it worsens from 20 years on), compliance to phenylalanine restriction, and long-term exposure to raised phenylalanine levels14 . It is thought that long-term exposure to raised phenylalanine stops the formation of myelin13 . As myelin helps in the transmission of electrical impulses, the disturbances in executive functioning seen in off diet PKU patients, supports the theory that raised phenylalanine levels influence myelinisation. Interestingly, research shows that these brain changes can be reversed when the PKU diet is restarted with strict compliance<sup>13</sup>. The duration of strict compliance needed to reduce white matter abnormalities is not known, but evidence from imaging studies suggests 2 months of strict phenylalanine restriction may be needed as a minimum15 .</p><h3><strong>What about the neurotransmitter theory in PKU?</strong></h3><p>Phenylalanine toxicity is also associated with prefrontal cortex dysfunction due to neurotransmitter (chemical messengers in the brain) changes. Due to higher uptake of phenylalanine into the brain<sup>16</sup>, deficiencies in tyrosine occur, with low levels reaching the brain<sup>17</sup>. As tyrosine is important for neurotransmitter production, low levels of tyrosine are thought to lead to neurotransmitter changes and prefrontal cortex dysfunction. In general, the prefrontal cortex helps in decision making, executive functions and emotional stability. Again, returning to a phenylalanine restricted diet results in improvements in all three areas: executive functioning, decision making and emotional stability<sup>18,19</sup>. There is also evidence that taking protein substitutes containing high levels of large neutral amino acids (which all protein substitutes contain) reduces the uptake of phenylalanine in to the brain<sup>20</sup>and further improves functioning<sup>21</sup>.</p><h3><strong>How does this affect people who have PKU and are off diet?</strong></h3><p>Unfortunately, poor compliance with life-long phenylalanine restriction is common<sup>22-24</sup>, especially in older adolescents and adult populations<sup>25</sup>. We must strive to fulfil the right of all patients by providing evidence-based advice supported by robust scientific evidence so patients can make informed decisions. Given the difficulties associated with restarting strict phenylalanine restriction, and the potential long-term complications associated with stopping diet, it seems wise to encourage life-long phenylalanine restriction and supplementation with protein substitutes.</p><p>With a return to phenylalanine restriction, improvements in white matter and neurotransmitter levels are seen. With this, improvements in executive functioning, information processing and mood states together with restored metabolic control and avoidance of nutritional deficiencies are also seen.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/the-importance-of-diet-for-life?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/the-importance-of-diet-for-life?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><h3><strong>How can people go back onto the PKU diet?</strong></h3><p>Strategies for improving dietary compliance are not well studied in PKU. No one method will be effective for everyone and an individualised approach to reinstating the PKU diet is essential. An early finding from unpublished work is beginning to suggest that a stepwise approach may prove helpful. Research is needed to help build effective strategies with the aim of achieving life-long dietary and protein substitute compliance. For patients wishing to continue the diet for life or those looking to regain compliance, support is available. Alongside a wide variety of prescribable substitutes that are available in many different presentations (liquids, powders, and tablets) flavours and compositions, there are useful resources and information online and via social media. Together with healthcare professionals, websites, tools and smartphone &#8220;apps&#8221; can help people regain metabolic control.</p><p>As more people continue to follow the &#8216;Diet for Life&#8217; philosophy our knowledge of their experiences and outcomes will continue to grow, adding to our knowledge and evidence base, and this will help us combat the ill effects of phenylalanine within the PKU community.</p><p><strong>References :</strong></p><ol><li><p>Horner FA, Streamer CW, Alejandrino LL, et al. Termination of dietary treatment of phenylketonuria. New England Journal of Medicine. 1962;266(2):79-81.</p></li><li><p>Vandeman PR. Termination of dietary treatment for phenylketonuria. American Journal of Diseases of Children. 1963;106(5):492-5.</p></li><li><p>Holtzman NA, Welcher DW, Mellits ED. Termination of restricted diet in children with phenylketonuria: a randomized controlled study. New England Journal of Medicine. 1975;293(22):1121-4.</p></li><li><p>Johnson CF. What is the best age to discontinue the low phenylalanine diet in phenylketonuria? A presentation of some contributory data. Clinical pediatrics. 1972;11(3):148-56.</p></li><li><p>Pueschel S, Yeatman S, Hum C. Discontinuing the phenylalamine-restricted diet in young children with PKY . Psychosocial aspects. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 1977;70(5):506-9.</p></li><li><p>van Wegberg AMJ, MacDonald A, Ahring K, et al. The complete European guidelines on phenylketonuria: diagnosis and treatment. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2017;12:162.</p></li><li><p>Channon S, Goodman G, Zlotowitz S, et al. Effects of dietary management of phenylketonuria on long-term cognitive outcome. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2007;92(3):213-8.</p></li><li><p>Didycz B, Bik-Multanowski M. Blood phenylalanine instability strongly correlates with anxiety in phenylketonuria. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports. 2018;14:80-2.</p></li><li><p>Moyle J, Fox A, Arthur M, et al. Meta-analysis of neuropsychological symptoms of adolescents and adults with PKU. Neuropsychology Review. 2007;17(2):91-101.</p></li><li><p>Romani C, Palermo L, MacDonald A, et al. The impact of phenylalanine levels on cognitive outcomes in adults with phenylketonuria: Effects across tasks and developmental stages. Neuropsychology. 2017;31(3):242.</p></li><li><p>ten Hoedt AE, de Sonneville LMJ, Francois B, et al. High phenylalanine levels directly affect mood and sustained attention in adults with phenylketonuria: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 2011;34(1):165-71.</p></li><li><p>Dyer CA. Pathophysiology of phenylketonuria. Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews. 1999;5(2):104-12.</p></li><li><p>Anderson PJ, Leuzzi V. White matter pathology in phenylketonuria. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2010;99:S3-S9.</p></li><li><p>Mastrangelo M, Chiarotti F, Berillo L, et al. The outcome of white matter abnormalities in early treated phenylketonuric patients: A retrospective longitudinal long-term study. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism.116(3):171-7.</p></li><li><p>Cleary MA, Walter JH, Wraith JE, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging in phenylketonuria: reversal of cerebral white matter change. The Journal of Pediatrics. 1995;127(2):251-5.</p></li><li><p>Smith QR, Momma S, Aoyagi M, et al. Kinetics of neutral amino acid transport across the blood&#8208;brain barrier. Journal of Neurochemistry. 1987;49(5):1651-8.</p></li><li><p>Pardridge WM. Blood-Brain Barrier Carrier-Mediated Transport and Brain Metabolism of Amino Acids. Neurochemical Research. 1998;23(5):635-44.</p></li><li><p>Anwar M, Waddell B, O'riordan J. Neurological improvement following reinstitution of a low phenylalanine diet after 20 years in established pnenylketonuria . BMJ case reports. 2013;2013.</p></li><li><p>Daelman L, Sedel F, Tourbah A. Progressive neuropsychiatric manifestations of phenylketonuria in adulthood. Revue Neurologique. 2014;170(4):280-7.</p></li><li><p>Pietz J, Kreis R, Rupp A, et al. Large neutral amino acids block phenylalanine transport into brain tissue in patients with phenylketonuria. The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 1999;103(8):1169-78.</p></li><li><p>Schindeler S, Ghosh-Jerath S, Thompson S, et al. The effects of large neutral amino acid supplements in PKU: an MRS and neuropsychological study. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2007;91(1):48-54.</p></li><li><p>Ahring K, B&#233;langer-Quintana A, Dokoupil K, et al. Blood phenylalanine control in phenylketonuria: a survey of 10 European centres. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2011;65(2):275.</p></li><li><p>Jurecki E, Cederbaum S, Kopesky J, et al. Adherence to clinic recommendations among patients with phenylketonuria in the United States. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2017;120(3):190-7.</p></li><li><p>MacDonald A, Gokmen-Ozel H, van Rijn M, et al. The reality of dietary compliance in the management of phenylketonuria. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 2010;33(6):665-70.</p></li><li><p>Walter J, White F, Hall S, et al. How practical are recommendations for dietary control in phenylketonuria? The Lancet. 2002;360(9326):55-7.</p></li></ol><h1>Key</h1><p><strong>COGNITION: </strong>mental processes and thinking.</p><p><strong>EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS: </strong>A set of processes that are necessary for the cognitive control of behaviour. Executive functions include attentional control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility, reasoning and problem solving.</p><p><strong>MYELIN: </strong>A material made of protein and fats mixed which forms a protective layer (known as a sheath) around some particular nerves.</p><p><strong>MYELINISATION: </strong>Process of myelin formation.</p><p><strong>NEUROTRANSMITTER: </strong>A chemical messenger which transmits signals from one neuron (nerve cell) to another.</p><p><strong>PREFRONTAL CORTEX: </strong>An area of the brain that helps in planning complex behaviour including decision making and emotional stability.</p><p><strong>WHITE MATTER: </strong>The paler tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting mainly of nerve fibres with their myelin sheaths. White matter affects learning and brain functions.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phenylketonuria and mental load: What advances in gene editing have taught me]]></title><description><![CDATA["I can only imagine the happiness parents of a child with PKU would feel if they were told that a gene-editing technique had cured their child."]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/phenylketonuria-and-mental-load-what</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/phenylketonuria-and-mental-load-what</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 22:35:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Yd5L!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8727162-699b-489e-8f1a-15edef6d99b2_1672x941.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><h6><strong>Disclaimer: The information presented here reflects my personal experience with phenylketonuria and my own research. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a healthcare professional before making any changes to your diet or beginning an exercise program.</strong></h6></div><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/pcublogue/p/phenylcetonurie-et-charge-mentale?r=47am9s&amp;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web">Article en fran&#231;ais</a></p><p><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Mental burden parallel:</strong> The article establishes a link between the constant vigilance required by a low-protein diet in Phenylketonuria (PKU) and the permanent state of alert experienced by patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) due to infection risks.</p></li><li><p><strong>Advancements in prime editing:</strong> The success of prime editing treatment in Ty Sperle demonstrates that a precise DNA correction technique (acting as a genetic &#8220;spell checker&#8221;) can stop the symptoms of a rare disease and eliminate the need for daily medication.</p></li><li><p><strong>Perspective and caution:</strong> While this scientific achievement is a major source of hope for genetic diseases, applying genome editing to the treatment of Phenylketonturia remains a complex technological challenge that is far from being realized in the near future.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p>Phenylketonuria imposes a massive mental burden on those living with it, affecting many aspects of life, both physiologically and cognitively. Personally, I face various daily obstacles that could easily be avoided if I didn&#8217;t constantly have to keep my low-protein diet at the forefront of my mind.</p><p>I recently came across <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11707867/bc-man-cured-rare-disease-gene-editing-technology/">an article</a> that reminded me that beyond PKU, there are many rare diseases that have an impact on patients&#8217; lives (if not more) than PKU does. The article discussed the journey of Ty Sperle, a young man living with a condition called Chronic Granulomatous Disease.</p><p>But a small technological miracle has come to change his daily life: prime editing.</p><h3><strong>Chronic Granulomatous Disease and Prime Editing</strong></h3><p>Ty&#8217;s disease imposed a mental burden similar to what we experience with PKU.</p><p>In a healthy body, our white blood cells capture and destroy infections, bacteria, or fungi. But in a patient with Chronic Granulomatous Disease, the white blood cells lack the &#8220;ammunition&#8221; to destroy intruders; consequently, the body can only attempt to isolate them (forming what is known as a granuloma). The multiplication of these granulomas can then obstruct airways, damage the skin, and even affect internal organs.</p><p>It is a condition that forces one to live in a constant state of alert, as even the most mundane elements can become dangerous:</p><ul><li><p>The omnipresence of small bacteria or mold poses a threat.</p></li><li><p>Medications are a part of daily life.</p></li><li><p>There is a permanent sense of threat and insecurity.</p></li></ul><p>But this year, Ty Sperle became the first person in the world to be cured thanks to prime editing! This method acts as a way to correct &#8220;spelling mistakes&#8221; in DNA, causing symptoms to disappear. The medications are gone; the mental burden has lifted.</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I also love camping and, you know, it was a risk before, because there are so many bacteria in the woods... so now I can do it without that risk. I was on a regimen of pills and they are all gone, so I no longer need to take medication, which is simply incredible.&#8221;</em><br>&#8212; <strong>Ty Sperle</strong></p></blockquote><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/phenylketonuria-and-mental-load-what?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/phenylketonuria-and-mental-load-what?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><p>According much to Ty, his mother was not in the room with him when he learned he was cured, but when he told her, she reacted immediately with tears of joy. I have been reflecting on this story for several days, and I can only imagine the happiness parents of a child with PKU would feel if they were told that a gene-editing technique had cured their child.</p><p>We must remain very realistic; such technology is not something that will be working for Phenylketonuria anytime soon. Many challenges, tests, and much future complexity remain before this can become a reality, but it is certainly very encouraging for me to see that this treatment has finally worked in a human being. :)</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Phenylketonuria Notebook is a reader-supported publication. 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Gene Editing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Article en fran&#231;ais]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/aurora-therapeutics-a-new-company</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/aurora-therapeutics-a-new-company</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 23:45:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qJb1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd2043f9-f07d-4ce1-aaf7-1485f8a33e15_1672x941.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/pcublogue/p/aurora-therapeutics-une-nouvelle?r=47am9s&amp;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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gene.</p></li><li><p><strong>The chosen approach is base editing</strong>, which chemically modifies a single letter of DNA without cutting it, making it possible to target several mutations at once.</p></li><li><p><strong>This is not an available treatment</strong>, it&#8217;s the start of a research program. But it&#8217;s the first time a company of this scale has positioned itself this clearly on PKU with gene editing.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SIWHe0_Vo7o?app=desktop&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Watch the video on YouTube&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SIWHe0_Vo7o?app=desktop"><span>Watch the video on YouTube</span></a></p><p>My whole life, I&#8217;ve been told that phenylketonuria was forever. A new company, Aurora Therapeutics, might just change that.</p><p>Before I go any further, I&#8217;d really encourage you to subscribe directly to my blog. That way, you decide what you see, not Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube algorithms deciding for you. And a quick reminder: what I share here comes from my own reading and lived experience. If the topic matters to you, please talk it through with your medical team.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Abonnez-vous maintenant&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?"><span>Abonnez-vous maintenant</span></a></p><h3>From a vague breakthrough to something much more concrete</h3><p>Last week, I shared an amazing piece of news. A young man had been cured of a rare disease thanks to a gene-editing technique called &#8220;prime editing.&#8221; It gave a lot of hope for the future of phenylketonuria, but it was still pretty vague.</p><p>Then someone sent me a piece of news that&#8217;s even more interesting.</p><p>Pioneers in the gene-editing field, including a Nobel Prize laureate, have just launched a new company: Aurora Therapeutics. And here&#8217;s the kicker. They&#8217;ve secured 16 million dollars in seed funding to start research on genetic correction through base editing. Their very first target? Phenylketonuria.</p><h3>What&#8217;s the difference between prime editing and base editing?</h3><p><strong>Prime editing</strong> nicks one strand of DNA to replace part of the sequence using a template, a small piece of DNA that acts as a model.</p><p><strong>Base editing</strong> works at a finer level. It doesn&#8217;t cut the DNA at all. It chemically modifies a single letter of the genetic code. Think of it as ultra-precise correction fluid for a typo, without tearing the page.</p><h3>Why this approach matters for us</h3><p>There are hundreds of possible mutations in the PAH gene, not just one. And that&#8217;s exactly where base editing becomes relevant: the technique gives the flexibility needed to address several mutations at once, not just a single version of phenylketonuria.</p><p>Alright. I know that&#8217;s a lot of science in one go. But for me, what really matters isn&#8217;t the technique. It&#8217;s that a real company, with real funding, has decided our condition is worth tackling. And after a lifetime of hearing it was forever, that shifts something.</p><h3>Let&#8217;s be honest about the limits</h3><p>We&#8217;re not there tomorrow morning. This is a company that&#8217;s just getting off the ground, and the research is just beginning. But the simple fact that we&#8217;re talking about it, that resources are being put behind it, that already means a lot.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/aurora-therapeutics-a-new-company?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/aurora-therapeutics-a-new-company?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><h3>What about you?</h3><p>If you live with phenylketonuria like me, does this kind of news give you hope, or do you prefer to wait and see? Drop me a comment, I&#8217;d really like to know where we all stand on this, together.</p><div><hr></div><p><em>I&#8217;m not a doctor, a researcher, or a healthcare professional. What I share here reflects my own reading and lived experience as someone who lives with phenylketonuria. For any question about your own situation or treatment, please talk to your medical team.</em></p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Aurora Therapeutics, official press release, January 9, 2026 &#8212; <a href="https://www.auroratherapeutics.com/news/aurora-therapeutics-launches-to-realize-potential-of-personalized-gene-editing-for-millions-of-patients-with-rare-diseases">Aurora Therapeutics Launches to Realize Potential of Personalized Gene Editing for Millions of Patients with Rare Diseases</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aurora Therapeutics : une nouvelle entreprise vise la phénylcétonurie avec l'édition génétique]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toute ma vie, on m'a dit que la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie, c'&#233;tait pour toujours. 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/pcublogue/p/aurora-therapeutics-a-new-company?r=47am9s&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true">English article</a></p><h3>&#192; retenir</h3><ul><li><p>Une nouvelle entreprise, Aurora Therapeutics, vient de se lancer avec un financement d'amor&#231;age de 16 millions de dollars de Menlo Ventures.</p></li><li><p>Co-fond&#233;e par Jennifer Doudna, prix Nobel et co-inventrice de CRISPR, ainsi que par Fyodor Urnov.</p></li><li><p>Sa toute premi&#232;re cible est la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie, une condition caus&#233;e par de nombreuses mutations du g&#232;ne PAH.</p></li><li><p>L'approche choisie est le base editing, qui modifie chimiquement une lettre de l'ADN sans le couper, ce qui permet de viser plusieurs mutations &#224; la fois.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://m.youtube.com/shorts/SIWHe0_Vo7o&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Regardez la vid&#233;o sur YouTube&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://m.youtube.com/shorts/SIWHe0_Vo7o"><span>Regardez la vid&#233;o sur YouTube</span></a></p><p>Toute ma vie, on m'a dit que la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie, c'&#233;tait pour toujours. Une nouvelle entreprise, Aurora Therapeutics, pourrait changer &#231;a.</p><h3>D'une perc&#233;e vague &#224; une nouvelle beaucoup plus concr&#232;te</h3><p>La semaine derni&#232;re, j'ai partag&#233; une super nouvelle. Un jeune homme avait &#233;t&#233; gu&#233;ri d'une maladie rare gr&#226;ce &#224; une technique d'&#233;dition g&#233;n&#233;tique appel&#233;e &#171; prime editing &#187;. &#199;a donnait beaucoup d'espoir pour le futur de la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie, mais c'&#233;tait encore pas mal vague.</p><p>Puis quelqu'un m'a fait parvenir une nouvelle encore plus int&#233;ressante.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?utm_source=email&amp;r=&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?utm_source=email&amp;r="><span>Subscribe</span></a></p><p>Des pionniers du domaine de l'&#233;dition g&#233;n&#233;tique, dont une laur&#233;ate du prix Nobel, viennent de lancer une nouvelle entreprise : Aurora Therapeutics. Et tenez-vous bien. Ils ont s&#233;curis&#233; 16 millions de dollars en financement d'amor&#231;age pour d&#233;marrer la recherche sur la correction g&#233;n&#233;tique par base editing. Leur toute premi&#232;re cible? La ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie.</p><h3>C'est quoi la diff&#233;rence entre le prime editing et le base editing?</h3><p>Le prime editing entaille un brin d'ADN pour aller remplacer une partie de la s&#233;quence avec un mod&#232;le, un petit bout d'ADN qui sert de patron.</p><p>Le base editing agit plus en d&#233;tail. On ne coupe pas l'ADN. On modifie chimiquement une seule lettre du code g&#233;n&#233;tique. C'est comme utiliser un liquide correcteur ultra-pr&#233;cis pour corriger une faute de frappe, sans d&#233;chirer la page.</p><h3>Pourquoi cette approche est int&#233;ressante pour nous</h3><p>Il y a des centaines de mutations possibles du g&#232;ne PAH, pas juste une. Et c'est exactement l&#224; que le base editing devient pertinent : cette technique donne la flexibilit&#233; n&#233;cessaire pour s'attaquer &#224; plusieurs mutations &#224; la fois, pas juste une seule version de la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie.</p><p>Je sais que &#231;a fait beaucoup de science d'un coup. Mais pour moi, ce qui compte vraiment, ce n'est pas la technique. C'est qu'une vraie entreprise, avec de vrais fonds, a d&#233;cid&#233; que notre condition valait la peine qu'on s'y attaque. Et &#231;a, apr&#232;s une vie &#224; entendre que c'&#233;tait pour toujours, &#231;a change quelque chose.</p><h3>Soyons honn&#234;tes sur les limites</h3><p>On n'en est pas l&#224; demain matin. C'est une entreprise qui d&#233;marre, la recherche commence. Mais le simple fait qu'on en parle, qu'on y mette des moyens, c'est d&#233;j&#224; &#233;norme.</p><p>Et vous?</p><p>Si vous vivez avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie comme moi, est-ce que c'est le genre de nouvelle qui vous donne espoir, ou est-ce que vous pr&#233;f&#233;rez attendre de voir? &#201;crivez-moi &#231;a en commentaire, &#231;a m'int&#233;resse vraiment de savoir o&#249; on en est, tous ensemble.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/aurora-therapeutics-une-nouvelle?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/aurora-therapeutics-une-nouvelle?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p>Ce n'est pas un traitement disponible, c'est le d&#233;but d'un programme de recherche. Mais c'est la premi&#232;re fois qu'une entreprise de cette envergure se positionne aussi clairement sur la PCU avec l'&#233;dition g&#233;n&#233;tique.</p><div><hr></div><p>Je ne suis pas m&#233;decin, ni chercheur, ni professionnel de la sant&#233;. Ce que je partage ici refl&#232;te mes lectures et mon v&#233;cu en tant que personne qui vit avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie. Pour toute question sur votre situation ou votre traitement, parlez-en &#224; votre &#233;quipe m&#233;dicale.</p><p>Source : Aurora Therapeutics, communiqu&#233; officiel du 9 janvier 2026 &#8212; <a href="https://www.auroratherapeutics.com/news/aurora-therapeutics-launches-to-realize-potential-of-personalized-gene-editing-for-millions-of-patients-with-rare-diseases">Aurora Therapeutics Launches to Realize Potential of Personalized Gene Editing for Millions of Patients with Rare Diseases</a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Une histoire de PCU | Traitement pour la phénylcétonurie - réflexions d'un dinosaure]]></title><description><![CDATA[Avertissement : les informations pr&#233;sent&#233;es ici refl&#232;tent mon exp&#233;rience personnelle avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie et mes propres recherches.]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/une-histoire-de-pcu-traitement-pour</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/une-histoire-de-pcu-traitement-pour</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 21:45:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kouu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99f29c55-f6e0-4836-89fe-120f275d80f2_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/pcublogue/p/a-pku-story-phenylketonuria-treatment?r=47am9s&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Elles ne remplacent pas un avis m&#233;dical professionnel. Consultez toujours un professionnel de sant&#233; avant d&#8217;appliquer des modifications &#224; votre r&#233;gime ou d&#8217;entreprendre un programme d&#8217;activit&#233; physique.</strong></h6></div><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/pcublogue/p/a-pku-story-phenylketonuria-treatment?r=47am9s&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true">English article</a></p><p>Sant&#233; Canada a enfin approuv&#233; le Sephience de PTC Therapeutics en octobre 2025, un traitement tr&#232;s prometteur qui a d&#233;j&#224; fait ses preuves et qui a le potentiel d&#8217;am&#233;liorer la vie des gens atteint de ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie. Mais rien n&#8217;est encore jou&#233;!</p><blockquote><h4>Faites entendre votre voix: Compl&#233;tez le <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflNvJbDS0KVCM68WJrFxU1f6LE6PYp2PtbMoWWsUm58aUdcA/viewform?pli=1">sondage de CanPCU+</a> avant le 30 novembre. </h4></blockquote><p>Rien ne garanti qu&#8217;il sera rendu disponible dans les diff&#233;rentes provinces du Canada. Il est donc essentiel de partager notre exp&#233;rience de la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie, de d&#233;crire nos d&#233;fis quotidiens et surtout d&#8217;expliquer comment le Sephience &#224; la possibilit&#233; de changer notre quotidien de mani&#232;re significative. &#192; cette fin, j&#8217;ai invit&#233; plusieurs membres de la communaut&#233; &#224; me faire parvenir leur t&#233;moignage. Aujourd&#8217;hui, je vous partage le texte de Maria.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie est une publication soutenue par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, pensez &#224; vous abonner gratuitement ou &#224; devenir abonn&#233; payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div><hr></div><p><em>Mon rendez-vous &#224; la clinique PCU approche &#224; grands pas et j&#8217;ai beaucoup de choses en t&#234;te. Par co&#239;ncidence, Tristan a fait un appel pour me demander de t&#233;moigner sur les d&#233;fis li&#233;s &#224; la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie et sur la mani&#232;re dont Sephience pourrait am&#233;liorer la situation. Je pense que je vais saisir cette occasion pour partager mes r&#233;flexions &#224; ce sujet. J&#8217;ai beaucoup &#224; dire et encore plus en t&#234;te. Vous voyez, j&#8217;appartiens &#224; la &#171; g&#233;n&#233;ration des dinosaures &#187;. J&#8217;ai plus de 40 ans d&#8217;exp&#233;rience dans la gestion quotidienne de la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie. Alors, prenez une tasse de caf&#233;, de th&#233; ou de formule d&#8217;acides amin&#233;s et prenez le temps d&#8217;&#233;couter ce que ce dinosaure a &#224; dire.</em></p><p><em>Je vis avec une forte conviction dans le pouvoir du progr&#232;s scientifique, mais je suis un cas classique de PCU et rien d&#8217;autre qu&#8217;un r&#233;gime classique ne m&#8217;aide personnellement. Y a-t-il un espoir pour un avenir radieux? Le r&#234;ve d&#8217;une pilule magique qui viendra un jour tout gu&#233;rir, comme une f&#233;e Disney? Non. Au fil des ans, je suis devenu de plus en plus pessimiste quant &#224; mes propres perspectives en mati&#232;re de PCU, mais cela coexiste heureusement avec la conviction que le progr&#232;s scientifique nous apporte de l&#8217;espoir et ouvre de nouveaux horizons.</em></p><p><em>Vous voyez, j&#8217;ai appris que le progr&#232;s prend du temps. Les grandes d&#233;couvertes se font dans les laboratoires universitaires et cliniques. Il y a des scientifiques qui se soucient vraiment des petits enfants bizarres qui sentent le moisi et qui ont des retards de d&#233;veloppement &#233;tranges. Cependant, il y a un d&#233;calage dans le temps. Par exemple, entre les premi&#232;res discussions au sein de la communaut&#233; nord-am&#233;ricaine des personnes atteintes de PCU au sujet du GMP comme nouvelle formule pour la PCU et le moment o&#249; cette formule a &#233;t&#233; disponible &#224; la clinique, une d&#233;cennie s&#8217;est &#233;coul&#233;e. Virgina Schuett a &#233;crit &#224; ce sujet dans les ann&#233;es 90. Nous n&#8217;avons pu la go&#251;ter qu&#8217;au d&#233;but des ann&#233;es 2000.</em></p><p><em>R&#233;cemment, plusieurs soci&#233;t&#233;s pharmaceutiques d&#233;vou&#233;es ont d&#233;cid&#233; de s&#8217;attaquer au probl&#232;me de la r&#233;duction des taux de ph&#233;nylalanine dans le sang. Certains essais ont &#233;t&#233; interrompus, certains ont &#233;chou&#233;, d&#8217;autres ont r&#233;ussi. La premi&#232;re perc&#233;e a &#233;t&#233; le Kuvan, un m&#233;dicament sous forme de comprim&#233;s qui a aid&#233; certains personnes atteintes de PCU &#224; activer l&#8217;enzyme. Certains, mais pas tous. Certains ont pu assouplir leur r&#233;gime alimentaire jusqu&#8217;&#224; atteindre un niveau presque normal, tandis que d&#8217;autres suivent toujours un r&#233;gime tr&#232;s restrictif, compl&#233;t&#233; par des pr&#233;parations et du Kuvan. Pour moi, ce traitement n&#8217;a pas fonctionn&#233;.</em></p><p><em>Puis est arriv&#233; le <a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/la-situation-du-palynziq-au-quebec">Palinzyq</a>, un traitement injectable. Pour beaucoup, il est devenu la solution miracle : vous mangez ce que vous voulez, vous faites une injection, et le tour est jou&#233;. Pour certains, c&#8217;&#233;tait la solution &#224; tous leurs probl&#232;mes. Pour ma part, j&#8217;&#233;tais pr&#233;occup&#233;e par les nombreux effets secondaires d&#233;sagr&#233;ables qui touchaient pratiquement toutes les personnes qui prenaient ce m&#233;dicament. Contrairement au GMP, ce m&#233;dicament a &#233;t&#233; approuv&#233; rapidement, mais &#224; ce moment-l&#224;, j&#8217;avais pass&#233; suffisamment de temps dans la recherche scientifique pour prendre ma propre d&#233;cision. Finalement, j&#8217;ai refus&#233; cette option de traitement, car m&#234;me si ces merveilleuses d&#233;couvertes ont &#233;t&#233; faites et sont devenues disponibles, j&#8217;ai r&#233;ussi &#224; g&#233;rer mon r&#233;gime alimentaire (je ne m&#8217;en suis jamais &#233;cart&#233;e), je me suis mari&#233;e et j&#8217;ai donn&#233; naissance &#224; des enfants en bonne sant&#233;. Tout cela pour prouver que je suis capable de g&#233;rer mon r&#233;gime alimentaire. Vous voyez, nous, les dinosaures, avons &#233;t&#233; form&#233;s d&#232;s l&#8217;enfance &#224; consid&#233;rer la PCU comme un mode de vie et non comme un r&#233;gime alimentaire. Et passer d&#8217;une simple limitation de l&#8217;apport alimentaire et de la consommation d&#8217;une formule enfin bonne au go&#251;t &#224; des injections 3 &#224; 4 fois par jour me donnerait personnellement l&#8217;impression de passer d&#8217;une vie normale &#224; une vie de grande malade n&#233;cessitant beaucoup de m&#233;dicaments quotidiens.</em></p><p><em>Et maintenant, il y a<a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-nouveau-traitement-pour?r=47am9s&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false"> Sephience</a>. J&#8217;ai lu des articles &#224; ce sujet. Comme tous les autres personnes atteintes de PCU qui ont au fond d&#8217;elles l&#8217;espoir que ce soit enfin le rem&#232;de miracle, je me demande comment cela va compliquer ma vie. Est-ce que cela fonctionnera pour moi, une personne atteinte de PCU classique? Est-ce que l&#8217;assurance maladie ou mon assurance le couvrira? Est-ce que je vais me lasser du go&#251;t du jus de pomme trois fois par jour pour le reste de ma vie? Serais-je capable de g&#233;rer ce m&#233;dicament pendant mes voyages (alors que la formule ne n&#233;cessite que de l&#8217;eau potable, disponible partout, je comprends que les choses sont plus compliqu&#233;es avec Sephience)? Les gr&#232;ves postales, les droits de douane ou une urgence dans l&#8217;usine de fabrication pourraient-ils affecter l&#8217;approvisionnement de ce m&#233;dicament? J&#8217;ai v&#233;cu toutes ces situations et je dois dire que je ne souhaite pas me retrouver &#224; nouveau dans une situation o&#249; je n&#8217;ai pas d&#8217;alternative &#224; mon m&#233;dicament lorsque l&#8217;approvisionnement est &#233;puis&#233;.</em></p><p><em>Dans le pass&#233;, j&#8217;&#233;tais assez optimiste et enthousiaste &#224; l&#8217;id&#233;e d&#8217;essayer de nouvelles choses dans le monde de la PCU. Je d&#233;testais le go&#251;t de ma formule et la formule GMP a chang&#233; ma vie. Maintenant que je vieillis, je p&#232;se plus soigneusement le pour et le contre, ainsi que les avantages et les inconv&#233;nients potentiels d&#8217;un changement radical.</em></p><p><em>Je continue &#224; envisager l&#8217;avenir avec espoir et &#224; suivre de pr&#232;s les progr&#232;s scientifiques, mais je suis de plus en plus prudent et malheureusement pessimiste quant &#224; mes choix r&#233;els. Le temps passe vite et j&#8217;ai l&#8217;impression d&#8217;avoir de moins en moins de temps pour l&#8217;optimisme futuriste, pour attendre que la magie op&#232;re, et je devrais peut-&#234;tre simplement m&#8217;en tenir &#224; ce qui fonctionne actuellement pour moi (et qui fonctionne depuis plus de quatre d&#233;cennies) et me contenter de ce que j&#8217;ai?</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/une-histoire-de-pcu-traitement-pour?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/une-histoire-de-pcu-traitement-pour?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Faisons retentir notre voix, haut et fort</strong></h3><p>La ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie, m&#234;me trait&#233;e par le r&#233;gime alimentaire faible en prot&#233;ines, reste un d&#233;fi quotidien&#8239;: elle s&#8217;immisce dans chaque repas, chaque d&#233;cision, chaque instant de libert&#233;. Pourtant, Sephience propose des solutions qui pourraient all&#233;ger ce fardeau et redonner du contr&#244;le &#224; nos vies.</p><p>Si vous souhaitez ajouter votre t&#233;moignage &#224; cette mobilisation, n&#8217;h&#233;sitez pas &#224; me l&#8217;envoyer. Chaque histoire est importante. Sinon, partagez simplement cet article pour que le message se propage.</p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:254117440,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Tristan&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><p>Un grand merci &#224; Maria pour son t&#233;moignage.</p><h4><strong>&#192; lire aussi</strong></h4><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/dernieres-nouvelles-au-sujet-du-sepiapterin?r=47am9s&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false">Derni&#232;res nouvelles et r&#233;sultats pour S&#233;piapterin, un traitement de PTC Therapeutics pour la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/une-formation-de-canpcu-traitement">Une formation de CanPCU+ | Traitement approuv&#233;. Et maintenant? S&#233;ance de formation ambassadeurs</a></p></li></ul><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sephience: 5 undeniable reasons why this new treatment can change the lives of people with phenylketonuria]]></title><description><![CDATA[Its potential impact could extend beyond diet, affecting quality of life, mental health, certain cognitive functions, and long-term metabolic health.]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-5-undeniable-reasons-why</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-5-undeniable-reasons-why</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 18:30:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GRWh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F044ffb98-5570-410b-ab73-6a8d575d1376_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div 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It is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a healthcare professional before making any changes to your diet or beginning an exercise program.</h6></div><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-5-raisons-indeniables-pourquoi">Article en fran&#231;ais</a></p><p><strong>Key takeaways</strong></p><ul><li><p>Sephience could enable many adults with PKU to tolerate more natural proteins and move away from a strictly carbohydrate-based diet.</p></li><li><p>Its potential impact could extend beyond diet, affecting quality of life, mental health, certain cognitive functions, and long-term metabolic health.</p></li><li><p>The real question now is no longer just scientific: it is one of practical access to treatment.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p>Health Canada&#8217;s approval of Sephience marks a historic moment for people living with phenylketonuria. This treatment could finally ease a burden that has weighed on us since childhood. But until the <a href="https://www.cda-amc.ca/">Canadian Drug Agency (CDA)</a> and the <a href="https://www.inesss.qc.ca/">National Institute for Health and Social Services Excellence (INESSS)</a> give their approval, this treatment will remain out of reach. And yet, there are many solid reasons to approve it, backed by science.</p><p>Here are five major reasons why Sephience can truly change the life of an adult with PKU, in terms of diet, social life, psychology, cognition, metabolism, and longevity.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Phenylketonuria Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h3>1. The low-protein diet is a crutch, and it is no longer enough</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rbBe!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc71c7e03-359f-4903-a995-52c3ba26f193_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rbBe!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc71c7e03-359f-4903-a995-52c3ba26f193_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rbBe!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc71c7e03-359f-4903-a995-52c3ba26f193_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rbBe!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc71c7e03-359f-4903-a995-52c3ba26f193_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rbBe!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc71c7e03-359f-4903-a995-52c3ba26f193_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rbBe!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc71c7e03-359f-4903-a995-52c3ba26f193_1080x1350.png" width="310" height="387.5" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c71c7e03-359f-4903-a995-52c3ba26f193_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1350,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:310,&quot;bytes&quot;:1649066,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/i/179557768?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc71c7e03-359f-4903-a995-52c3ba26f193_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rbBe!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc71c7e03-359f-4903-a995-52c3ba26f193_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rbBe!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc71c7e03-359f-4903-a995-52c3ba26f193_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rbBe!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc71c7e03-359f-4903-a995-52c3ba26f193_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rbBe!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc71c7e03-359f-4903-a995-52c3ba26f193_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The low-protein diet is not sustainable over decades. Adults with PKU know this: it is not just difficult, it is exhausting. And even when you make an effort, your diet becomes unbalanced, too high in carbohydrates, too low in natural proteins, and this is not without consequences.</p><p><strong>What the science says</strong></p><ul><li><p>An integrative review has shown that people with PKU consume excessive amounts of carbohydrates, very little natural protein, and develop problematic nutritional profiles as they age. Study: <em><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37705455/">Dietary intake in individuals with phenylketonuria: an integrative review</a></em><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37705455/"> (2023)</a></p></li><li><p>Another study showed that adults with PKU have an abnormal carbohydrate profile and associated metabolic imbalance. Study: <em><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6020344/">Carbohydrate status in patients with phenylketonuria</a></em><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6020344/"> (2018)</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>What Sephience enables</strong></p><p>By increasing tolerance to natural proteins, Sephience breaks the vicious cycle of &#8220;all carbohydrates.&#8221; This finally allows for a more realistic, healthier, and more balanced diet, without having to maintain quasi-military discipline throughout one&#8217;s life.</p><h3>2. A simpler and more normal social life</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7c3S!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc85ab77a-6631-4457-8cf0-96464b245df5_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7c3S!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc85ab77a-6631-4457-8cf0-96464b245df5_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7c3S!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc85ab77a-6631-4457-8cf0-96464b245df5_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7c3S!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc85ab77a-6631-4457-8cf0-96464b245df5_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7c3S!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc85ab77a-6631-4457-8cf0-96464b245df5_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7c3S!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc85ab77a-6631-4457-8cf0-96464b245df5_1080x1350.png" width="310" height="387.5" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c85ab77a-6631-4457-8cf0-96464b245df5_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1350,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:310,&quot;bytes&quot;:1715549,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/i/179557768?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc85ab77a-6631-4457-8cf0-96464b245df5_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7c3S!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc85ab77a-6631-4457-8cf0-96464b245df5_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7c3S!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc85ab77a-6631-4457-8cf0-96464b245df5_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7c3S!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc85ab77a-6631-4457-8cf0-96464b245df5_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7c3S!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc85ab77a-6631-4457-8cf0-96464b245df5_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Phenylketonuria can isolate or at least create a feeling of isolation. Refusing dinners, bringing your own food, having to explain your condition over and over again... it&#8217;s exhausting. And it ends up driving people away.</p><p><strong>What science says</strong></p><ul><li><p>A qualitative study shows that people living with PKU often feel socially excluded, and that managing their diet is a constant source of anxiety and emotional fatigue. Study: <em><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19735270/">How individuals with phenylketonuria experience their ill</a></em></p></li><li><p>The psychosocial well-being of PKU families and children is directly influenced by the burden of the diet. Study: <em><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31782540/">Psychosocial functioning in children with PKU</a></em><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31782540/"> (2020)</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>What Sephience enables</strong></p><p>By reducing dietary restrictions, Sephience makes it possible to say &#8220;yes&#8221; to dinners and invitations. It restores a normal social life and removes a huge burden. An adult with PKU who can share a meal is an adult who can regain their place in society.</p><h3>3. A tangible improvement in mental health</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n45y!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94bb5e42-fd54-4dbb-96b1-65a1aae89aeb_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n45y!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94bb5e42-fd54-4dbb-96b1-65a1aae89aeb_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n45y!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94bb5e42-fd54-4dbb-96b1-65a1aae89aeb_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n45y!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94bb5e42-fd54-4dbb-96b1-65a1aae89aeb_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n45y!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94bb5e42-fd54-4dbb-96b1-65a1aae89aeb_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n45y!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94bb5e42-fd54-4dbb-96b1-65a1aae89aeb_1080x1350.png" width="310" height="387.5" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/94bb5e42-fd54-4dbb-96b1-65a1aae89aeb_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1350,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:310,&quot;bytes&quot;:1425079,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/i/179557768?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94bb5e42-fd54-4dbb-96b1-65a1aae89aeb_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n45y!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94bb5e42-fd54-4dbb-96b1-65a1aae89aeb_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n45y!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94bb5e42-fd54-4dbb-96b1-65a1aae89aeb_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n45y!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94bb5e42-fd54-4dbb-96b1-65a1aae89aeb_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n45y!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94bb5e42-fd54-4dbb-96b1-65a1aae89aeb_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Variations in Phe directly influence anxiety, irritability, and motivation. This is not a psychological whim: it is biochemical.</p><p><strong>What science says</strong></p><ul><li><p>Emotional well-being is strongly affected by dietary strictness and metabolic control. Study: <em><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31782540/">Psychosocial functioning in children with PKU</a></em><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31782540/"> (2020)</a></p></li><li><p>Adults with PKU describe significant psychological burden, daily stress, and anxiety related to aging. Study: <em><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19735270/">How individuals with phenylketonuria experience their illness</a></em><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19735270/"> (2009)</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>What Sephience enables</strong></p><p>By better stabilizing phenylalanine, Sephience can, in the long term, reduce anxiety, mood swings, and the burden of dieting, in addition to improving factors that affect our mental health. This provides real relief and a return to control over one&#8217;s emotional life.</p><h3>4. Cognition and myelin: protecting the brain and preserving our future</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLui!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0561fca9-b06f-464f-be90-bc71a23159a5_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLui!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0561fca9-b06f-464f-be90-bc71a23159a5_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLui!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0561fca9-b06f-464f-be90-bc71a23159a5_1080x1350.png 848w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>PKU affects processing speed, attention, and cognitive flexibility, even in adults who were treated early.</p><p><strong>What the science says</strong></p><ul><li><p>Adults with PKU show documented cognitive differences, even when they have been treated since birth. Study: <em><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28080075/">Cognitive outcomes in early-treated adults with PKU</a></em><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28080075/"> (2021)</a></p></li><li><p>A meta-analysis shows that executive functions and processing speed are consistently affected in adults with PKU. Study: <em><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422004146">Meta-analyses of cognitive functions in early-treated adults with PKU</a></em><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422004146"> (2022)</a></p></li><li><p>Myelin damage may be reversible when phenylalanine is better controlled. Study: <em><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11670274/">eversible white matter changes following a 4-week high phenylalanine exposure</a></em><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11670274/"> (2024)</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>What Sephience enables</strong></p><p>By reducing phenylalanine fluctuations, Sephience creates an environment conducive to protecting executive functions and preserving myelin. It is a direct investment in long-term cognitive health.</p><h3>5. Health span and aging: preparing for our future</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LTb7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa84d8119-6114-43a9-87bd-f54dced896df_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LTb7!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa84d8119-6114-43a9-87bd-f54dced896df_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LTb7!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa84d8119-6114-43a9-87bd-f54dced896df_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LTb7!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa84d8119-6114-43a9-87bd-f54dced896df_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LTb7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa84d8119-6114-43a9-87bd-f54dced896df_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LTb7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa84d8119-6114-43a9-87bd-f54dced896df_1080x1350.png" width="310" height="387.5" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a84d8119-6114-43a9-87bd-f54dced896df_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1350,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:310,&quot;bytes&quot;:1343811,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/i/179557768?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa84d8119-6114-43a9-87bd-f54dced896df_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LTb7!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa84d8119-6114-43a9-87bd-f54dced896df_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LTb7!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa84d8119-6114-43a9-87bd-f54dced896df_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LTb7!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa84d8119-6114-43a9-87bd-f54dced896df_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LTb7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa84d8119-6114-43a9-87bd-f54dced896df_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>We are the first generation to age in large numbers with PKU. No one knows what decades of high Phe levels will do.</p><p><strong>What science says</strong></p><ul><li><p>PKU patients have a distinct metabolic response and specific biochemical variations during physical exertion. Study: <em><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5471389/">Acute exercise in treated phenylketonuria patients</a></em><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5471389/"> (2015)</a></p></li><li><p>PKU adults are at increased risk of insulin resistance, especially with a diet too rich in carbohydrates. Study: <em><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10305543/">Risk of Developing Insulin Resistance in Adult Subjects with PKU</a></em><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10305543/"> (2023)</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>What Sephience enables</strong></p><p>By increasing protein tolerance, Sephience reduces dependence on starchy foods and carbohydrates that directly contribute to insulin resistance, improves metabolic profile, and protects long-term health. This is not a luxury, it is a preventive strategy that can help improve our health as we age by keeping us out of hospitals.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-5-undeniable-reasons-why?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-5-undeniable-reasons-why?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><p>Access to Sephience is not a matter of comfort. It is a matter of public health, equity, and dignity. By improving quality of life, cognition, mental health, nutritional balance, and aging, Sephience addresses real, pressing, and documented needs. It&#8217;s time to recognize that people with PKU deserve better than to just survive: they deserve to live life to the fullest.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-5-undeniable-reasons-why/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Laissez un commentaire.&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-5-undeniable-reasons-why/comments"><span>Laissez un commentaire.</span></a></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Phenylketonuria Notebook is a reader-supported publication. 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><h6>Avertissement&#8239;: les informations pr&#233;sent&#233;es ici refl&#232;tent mon exp&#233;rience personnelle avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie et mes recherches personnelles. Elles ne remplacent pas un avis m&#233;dical professionnel. Consultez toujours un professionnel de sant&#233; avant d&#8217;appliquer des modifications &#224; votre r&#233;gime ou d&#8217;entreprendre un programme d&#8217;activit&#233; physique.</h6></div><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/pcublogue/p/phenylketonuria-and-mental-load-what?r=47am9s&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true">Article in English</a></p><p>&#192; retenir: </p><ul><li><p><strong>Parall&#232;le de charge mentale :</strong> L&#8217;article &#233;tablit un lien entre la vigilance constante impos&#233;e par le r&#233;gime alimentaire de la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie et l&#8217;&#233;tat d&#8217;alerte permanent des patients atteints de granulomatose chronique face aux risques infectieux.</p></li><li><p><strong>Avanc&#233;e du </strong><em><strong>prime editing</strong></em><strong> :</strong> Le succ&#232;s du traitement par <em>prime editing</em> chez Ty Sperle d&#233;montre qu&#8217;une technique de correction pr&#233;cise de l&#8217;ADN (agissant comme un correcteur d&#8217;orthographe g&#233;n&#233;tique) peut stopper les sympt&#244;mes d&#8217;une maladie rare et supprimer le besoin de traitements m&#233;dicamenteux quotidiens.</p></li><li><p><strong>Perspective et prudence :</strong> Bien que cette r&#233;ussite scientifique soit une source d&#8217;espoir majeure pour les maladies g&#233;n&#233;tiques, l&#8217;application de l&#8217;&#233;dition g&#233;nomique au traitement de la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie repr&#233;sente encore un d&#233;fi technologique complexe qui ne pourra pas &#234;tre r&#233;alis&#233; &#224; court terme.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p>La ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie apporte une charge mentale tr&#232;s grande sur les patients qui en sont atteints, en plus d&#8217;affecter plusieurs aspects de leur vie, tant au niveau physiologique que cognitif. Personnellement, je fais face &#224; chaque jour &#224; des obstacles divers qui pourraient facilement &#234;tre &#233;vit&#233;s si je n&#8217;avais pas &#224; garder constamment en t&#234;te mon r&#233;gime faible en prot&#233;ines. </p><p>Je suis tomb&#233; derni&#232;rement sur <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11707867/bc-man-cured-rare-disease-gene-editing-technology/">un article</a> qui m&#8217;a rappel&#233; qu&#8217;au-del&#224; de la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie, il existe de nombreuses maladies rares qui ont autant d&#8217;impacts sur la vie des patients atteints (sinon davantage) que la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie. Cet article parlait du cheminement de Ty Sperle, un jeune homme qui avait une maladie appel&#233;e la granulomatose chronique. </p><p>Mais un petit miracle technologique est venu changer son quotidien : le prime editing.</p><h3>La granulomatose chronique et le prime editing</h3><p>La maladie de Ty ajoutait une charge mentale similaire &#224; celle que nous avons avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie. </p><p>Dans un corps sain, nos globules blancs capturent et d&#233;truisent les infections, bact&#233;ries ou champignons. Mais chez un patient atteint de granulomateuse chronique, les globules blancs n&#8217;ont pas de &#8220;munitions&#8221; pour d&#233;truire les intrus, le corps ne peut donc que l&#8217;isoler (&#231;a devient un granulome). La multiplication des granulomes peut alors obstruer les voies respiratoires, endommager la peau et m&#234;me affecter les organes internes. </p><p>C&#8217;est une condition qui g&#233;n&#232;re une vie en &#233;tat d&#8217;alerte, car il faut faire attention au moindre &#233;l&#233;ment banal: </p><ul><li><p>L&#8217;omnipr&#233;sence de petites bact&#233;ries ou moisissure est un danger.</p></li><li><p>Les m&#233;dicaments font partie du quotidien.</p></li><li><p>Il y a un sentiment de menace et d&#8217;ins&#233;curit&#233; permanent.</p></li></ul><p>Mais cette ann&#233;e, Ty Sperle est devenu la premi&#232;re personne au monde &#224; &#234;tre gu&#233;rie gr&#226;ce au prime editing! Il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;une m&#233;thode de correction de &#8220;l&#8217;ortographe&#8221; de l&#8217;ADN, ce qui fait dispara&#238;tre les sympt&#244;mes. Fini les m&#233;dicaments, tomb&#233;e la charge mentale. </p><blockquote><p>&#8220;J&#8217;aime aussi camper et vous savez, c&#8217;&#233;tait un risque avant, comme s&#8217;il y avait beaucoup de bact&#233;ries dans les bois&#8230; donc maintenant je peux le faire sans avoir ce risque. J&#8217;&#233;tais sous r&#233;gime de pilules et toutes ont disparu, donc je n&#8217;ai plus besoin de prendre de m&#233;dicaments, ce qui est tout simplement incroyable.&#8221;</p><p>&#8212; <strong>Ty Sperle</strong></p></blockquote><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/phenylcetonurie-et-charge-mentale?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/phenylcetonurie-et-charge-mentale?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><p>Selon Ty, sa m&#232;re n&#8217;&#233;tait pas dans la pi&#232;ce avec lui lorsqu&#8217;il a appris qu&#8217;il &#233;tait gu&#233;ri, mais quand il lui a dit, elle a r&#233;agit imm&#233;diatement avec des larmes de bonheurs. Je r&#233;fl&#233;chis &#224; cette histoire depuis plusieurs jours et je ne peux qu&#8217;imaginer le bonheur que les parents d&#8217;un enfant avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie ressentiraient si on leur apprenait qu&#8217;une technique d&#8217;&#233;dition g&#233;nique avait gu&#233;ri leur enfant. </p><p>Il faut rester tr&#232;s r&#233;alise, ce n&#8217;est pas demain la veille qu&#8217;une telle technologie pourra fonctionner avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie. Il reste de nombreux d&#233;fis, de test et beaucoup de complexit&#233; future avant que cela puisse se concr&#233;tiser, mais c&#8217;est certainement tr&#232;s encourageant pour moi de constater que ce traitement ait finalement fonctionn&#233; chez un &#234;tre humain. :)</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie est une publication financ&#233;e par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, pensez &#224; vous abonner gratuitement ou &#224; souscrire un abonnement payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I start every day with 50g of protein from formulas (+ chocolate caramel recipe)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why I start every day with 50g of protein from formulas (+ chocolate caramel recipe)]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/pourquoi-je-commence-chaque-journee</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/pourquoi-je-commence-chaque-journee</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:25:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0225ad3c-3fd1-4038-b638-f61ca669a5c9_4580x2879.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y6hP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20d112ae-792f-4f56-a332-0fe2d61a2354_4632x3028.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y6hP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20d112ae-792f-4f56-a332-0fe2d61a2354_4632x3028.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y6hP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20d112ae-792f-4f56-a332-0fe2d61a2354_4632x3028.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y6hP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20d112ae-792f-4f56-a332-0fe2d61a2354_4632x3028.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y6hP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20d112ae-792f-4f56-a332-0fe2d61a2354_4632x3028.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y6hP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20d112ae-792f-4f56-a332-0fe2d61a2354_4632x3028.jpeg" width="4632" height="3028" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>Key Takeaways</h2><ul><li><p>Amino acid formulas are the primary source of protein for people living with phenylketonuria (PKU), since natural proteins contain phenylalanine, an amino acid their body cannot metabolize.</p></li><li><p>Starting the day with protein rather than carbohydrates stabilizes blood sugar, reduces insulin spikes and improves the glycemic response to subsequent meals (second meal effect). This is particularly important for adults with PKU, who are at increased risk of insulin resistance due to a diet that is naturally too high in carbohydrates.</p></li><li><p>A morning amino acid formula shake (like this chocolate and caramel shake with 50g of protein equivalent) is a concrete strategy for building a solid nutritional foundation from the very start of the day.</p></li></ul><div class="pullquote"><h6>Disclaimer: The information presented here reflects my personal experience with phenylketonuria and my own research. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult a healthcare professional before making any changes to your diet or beginning an exercise program.</h6></div><p>Every morning, it&#8217;s the same thing. Before coffee, before emails, before anything else, I prepare my amino acid formula for phenylketonuria. 50 grams of protein equivalent, low in carbohydrates. It&#8217;s my foundation. It&#8217;s what keeps me going.</p><p>If you live with phenylketonuria, you know our diet is naturally unbalanced: too many carbohydrates, not enough natural protein. It&#8217;s documented. Studies show that adults with PKU consume excessive amounts of carbohydrates and develop problematic nutritional profiles as they age. The risk of insulin resistance is real, and it&#8217;s directly linked to that carbohydrate overload in our diet.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Phenylketonuria Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>But here&#8217;s what science also tells us, and this isn&#8217;t just about us: starting your day with protein instead of carbohydrates is a complete game changer. A protein-rich breakfast stabilizes blood sugar, reduces insulin spikes and even improves the glycemic response to your next meal. Researchers call it the &#8220;second meal effect&#8221;: what you eat in the morning directly influences how your body reacts at lunch. And the opposite is also true. A breakfast high in refined carbohydrates causes a rapid blood sugar spike, followed by a crash that brings hunger, irritability and the urge to snack.</p><p>For someone with PKU, this is even more critical. We can&#8217;t get our protein from eggs or Greek yogurt like everyone else. Our amino acid formulas are our main source. So if I don&#8217;t start my day with that, I&#8217;m already starting at a deficit. And a protein deficit in the morning, combined with our dependence on starchy foods, is exactly the recipe for the long-term metabolic problems we&#8217;re trying to avoid.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/pourquoi-je-commence-chaque-journee?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/pourquoi-je-commence-chaque-journee?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><p>So yes, my morning shake is non-negotiable. It&#8217;s my nutritional foundation for the day. And as a bonus, the one I&#8217;m sharing with you today tastes like chocolate and caramel. </p><h2>Ingredients</h2><ul><li><p>About one and a half cups of water (adjust to taste)</p></li><li><p>2 packets of Glytactin Build chocolate amino acid formula</p></li><li><p>1 packet of Phenylade GMP Mix-In</p></li><li><p>A few drops of caramel stevia</p></li></ul><h2>Preparation</h2><ul><li><p>It&#8217;s very simple. Pour the water and ingredients into a blender (or Magic Bullet).</p></li><li><p>Blend for 30 seconds.</p></li><li><p>Enjoy.</p></li></ul><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/pourquoi-je-commence-chaque-journee/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Laissez un commentaire.&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/pourquoi-je-commence-chaque-journee/comments"><span>Laissez un commentaire.</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deux nouvelles qui donnent de l'espoir pour la phénylcétonurie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two pieces of news that give hope for PKU]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/deux-nouvelles-qui-donnent-de-lespoir</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/deux-nouvelles-qui-donnent-de-lespoir</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:34:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A_S2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8e8beab-6e3b-41df-9a04-08069e24e0db_2560x1440.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h6>English below</h6><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A_S2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe8e8beab-6e3b-41df-9a04-08069e24e0db_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><h6>Avertissement&#8239;: les informations pr&#233;sent&#233;es ici refl&#232;tent mon exp&#233;rience personnelle avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie et mes recherches personnelles. Elles ne remplacent pas un avis m&#233;dical professionnel. Consultez toujours un professionnel de sant&#233; avant d&#8217;appliquer des modifications &#224; votre r&#233;gime ou d&#8217;entreprendre un programme d&#8217;activit&#233; physique.</h6></div><p>Ces derni&#232;res semaines, deux annonces ont retenu mon attention. Deux annonces qui, prises ensemble, envoient un message clair : la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie n&#8217;est plus une maladie oubli&#233;e.</p><p><a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-5-raisons-indeniables-pourquoi">Pendant qu&#8217;on attend que le Sephience soit accessible au Qu&#233;bec</a>, un traitement d&#233;j&#224; approuv&#233; par Sant&#233; Canada, mais toujours en attente du feu vert de l&#8217;INESSS, il se passe des choses importantes dans les laboratoires et dans les salles de financement. Et &#231;a, c&#8217;est encourageant.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie est une publication soutenue par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, pensez &#224; vous abonner gratuitement ou &#224; devenir abonn&#233; payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h4><strong>Pluvia Biotech et le PBAS499 : s&#8217;attaquer &#224; la racine du probl&#232;me</strong></h4><p>Pluvia Biotech, une entreprise issue de l&#8217;Universit&#233; de Bergen en Norv&#232;ge, <a href="https://pluviabiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Press-release-Pluvia-PBAS499-NPKUA_25Feb2026.pdf">vient d&#8217;annoncer un investissement</a> de la National PKU Alliance (NPKUA) dans son programme de d&#233;veloppement. Leur candidat th&#233;rapeutique, le PBAS499, fonctionne comme un chaperon pharmacologique : il cible directement l&#8217;enzyme PAH mal repli&#233;e (celle qui, chez nous, ne fait pas son travail correctement) pour tenter de la stabiliser et de lui redonner une fonctionnalit&#233;.</p><p>En d&#8217;autres mots, au lieu de contourner le probl&#232;me, PBAS499 essaie de le corriger &#224; la source. Et il pourrait &#233;ventuellement &#234;tre utilis&#233; en combinaison avec d&#8217;autres traitements. L&#8217;objectif &#224; court terme : compl&#233;ter les &#233;tapes pr&#233;cliniques pour soumettre une demande de m&#233;dicament exp&#233;rimental (IND) et passer aux &#233;tudes cliniques.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas encore dans nos mains. Mais c&#8217;est dans la bonne direction.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/deux-nouvelles-qui-donnent-de-lespoir?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/deux-nouvelles-qui-donnent-de-lespoir?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><h4><strong>Beam Therapeutics et BEAM-304 : r&#233;&#233;crire le g&#232;ne, une base &#224; la fois</strong></h4><p>L&#8217;autre annonce vient de <a href="https://www.genengnews.com/topics/genome-editing/beam-designs-new-approach-for-direct-correction-of-mutations-causing-pku/">Beam Therapeutics</a>. Leur nouveau programme, BEAM-304, mise sur la technologie d&#8217;&#233;dition de base, une approche d&#233;riv&#233;e de CRISPR mais plus pr&#233;cise, pour corriger directement les mutations dans le g&#232;ne <em>PAH</em> qui causent la PCU.</p><p>Ce qui est fascinant, c&#8217;est leur approche : plut&#244;t que de cibler un seul variant, ils d&#233;veloppent plusieurs &#233;diteurs sp&#233;cifiques &#224; diff&#233;rentes mutations, le tout dans un seul programme clinique. La Phase I/II commencera avec la mutation R408W, une des plus fr&#233;quentes, touchant pr&#232;s de la moiti&#233; des patients PCU aux &#201;tats-Unis.</p><p>Beam vise &#224; d&#233;poser une demande IND aupr&#232;s de la FDA en 2026. L&#8217;objectif ultime : un traitement unique et durable, possiblement pour une grande partie des personnes atteintes de PCU.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie | Phenylketonuria Notebook&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie | Phenylketonuria Notebook</span></a></p><h4><strong>Pourquoi &#231;a compte, m&#234;me aujourd&#8217;hui</strong></h4><p>Je sais que ces traitements ne seront pas dans nos pharmacies demain. Le chemin entre une annonce et un acc&#232;s r&#233;el est long, sem&#233; d&#8217;emb&#251;ches r&#233;glementaires et financi&#232;res.</p><p>Mais chaque annonce comme celle-ci compte. Parce que &#231;a veut dire que des scientifiques, des investisseurs, des organisations de patients, partout dans le monde, croient que notre communaut&#233; m&#233;rite mieux que la gestion &#224; vie d&#8217;un r&#233;gime draconien.</p><p>Et pendant qu&#8217;on attend le Sephience ici au Qu&#233;bec, c&#8217;est utile de se rappeler qu&#8217;on n&#8217;est pas seuls. Le pipeline est actif. La science avance.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/deux-nouvelles-qui-donnent-de-lespoir/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Laissez un commentaire.&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/deux-nouvelles-qui-donnent-de-lespoir/comments"><span>Laissez un commentaire.</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h1>Two pieces of news that give hope for phenylketonuria</h1><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VHam!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8940e6e6-4b84-4305-a968-910f6b55df99_2560x1440.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Two announcements that, taken together, send a clear message: phenylketonuria is no longer a forgotten disease.</p><p><a href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/sephience-5-raisons-indeniables-pourquoi">While we wait for Sephience to become accessible in Quebec</a>, a treatment already approved by Health Canada but still pending approval from INESSS, important things are happening in laboratories and in funding rooms. And that is encouraging.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;S'abonner&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Phenylketonuria Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Tapez votre e-mail&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="S'abonner"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h4><strong>Pluvia Biotech and PBAS499: targeting the root of the problem</strong></h4><p>Pluvia Biotech, a company spun out of the University of Bergen in Norway, <a href="https://pluviabiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Press-release-Pluvia-PBAS499-NPKUA_25Feb2026.pdf">just announced an investment</a> from the National PKU Alliance (NPKUA) into its drug development program. Their therapeutic candidate, PBAS499, works as a pharmacological chaperone: it directly targets the misfolded PAH enzyme, the one that, in us, doesn&#8217;t do its job properly, to try to stabilize it and restore its function.</p><p>In other words, instead of working around the problem, PBAS499 tries to correct it at the source. It could also eventually be used in combination with other treatments. The short-term goal: complete the preclinical steps to submit an Investigational New Drug (IND) application and move into clinical studies.</p><p>It&#8217;s not in our hands yet. But it&#8217;s heading in the right direction.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/deux-nouvelles-qui-donnent-de-lespoir?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/deux-nouvelles-qui-donnent-de-lespoir?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager</span></a></p><h4><strong>Beam Therapeutics and BEAM-304: rewriting the gene, one base at a time</strong></h4><p>The other announcement comes from <a href="https://www.genengnews.com/topics/genome-editing/beam-designs-new-approach-for-direct-correction-of-mutations-causing-pku/">Beam Therapeutics</a>. Their new program, BEAM-304, uses base editing technology, a more precise approach derived from CRISPR, to directly correct mutations in the <em>PAH</em> gene that cause PKU.</p><p>What&#8217;s fascinating is their approach: rather than targeting a single variant, they are developing multiple editors specific to different mutations, all within a single clinical program. Phase I/II will start with the R408W mutation, one of the most common, found in nearly half of PKU patients in the United States.</p><p>Beam is aiming to file an IND application with the FDA in 2026. The ultimate goal: a single, durable treatment, potentially for the vast majority of people with PKU.</p><p>One treatment. Once. For a long time.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie | Phenylketonuria Notebook&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Partager Carnet Ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie | Phenylketonuria Notebook</span></a></p><h4><strong>Why this matters, even today</strong></h4><p>I know these treatments won&#8217;t be in our pharmacies tomorrow. The road from an announcement to real access is long, and filled with regulatory and financial hurdles.</p><p>But every announcement like this one counts. Because it means that scientists, investors, patient organizations, all around the world, believe our community deserves better than lifelong management of a strict diet.</p><p>And while we wait for Sephience here in Quebec, it&#8217;s worth remembering that we are not alone. The pipeline is active. The science is moving forward.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/deux-nouvelles-qui-donnent-de-lespoir/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Laissez un commentaire.&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/deux-nouvelles-qui-donnent-de-lespoir/comments"><span>Laissez un commentaire.</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phénylcétonurie et jeûne de 24 heures | La vidéo finale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Phenylketonuria and 24-hour fasting | The final video]]></description><link>https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/phenylcetonurie-et-jeune-de-24-heures-d61</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/phenylcetonurie-et-jeune-de-24-heures-d61</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Trist]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:15:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/188488326/f2aaff57682168900b5802e7e5e0be27.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h6>English below</h6><div class="pullquote"><h6><strong>Avertissement&#8239;: les informations pr&#233;sent&#233;es ici refl&#232;tent mon exp&#233;rience personnelle avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie et mes recherches personnelles. Elles ne remplacent pas un avis m&#233;dical professionnel. Consultez toujours un professionnel de sant&#233; avant d&#8217;appliquer des modifications &#224; votre r&#233;gime ou d&#8217;entreprendre un programme d&#8217;activit&#233; physique.</strong></h6></div><p>&#127911; Dans cet &#233;pisode de PKU Notebook Connect, je parle une derni&#232;re fois du je&#251;ne de 24 heures avec la ph&#233;nylc&#233;tonurie.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Abonnez-vous maintenant&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?"><span>Abonnez-vous maintenant</span></a></p><p>Pourquoi c&#8217;est normalement contre-indiqu&#233;, ce que j&#8217;ai observ&#233; lors de mes propres exp&#233;rimentations, et comment certaines strat&#233;gies peuvent influencer le catabolisme et l&#8217;insuline. Notez que j&#8217;ai simplifi&#233; quelques concepts, notamment au niveau de la r&#233;sistance &#224; l&#8217;insuline, pour all&#233;ger le contenu, mais tous les processus biologiques dont je parle sont beaucoup plus complexes.</p><p>Tout ce que je pr&#233;sente ici est bas&#233; sur mon exp&#233;rience personnelle et r&#233;alis&#233; sous supervision professionnelle. Vous devez toujours consulter un professionnel de la sant&#233; avant d&#8217;effectuer des changements &#224; votre r&#233;gime ou votre programme d&#8217;entra&#238;nement.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/phenylcetonurie-et-jeune-de-24-heures?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNTQxMTc0NDAsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE4ODQwOTU0OSwiaWF0IjoxNzcxNTA2Njk3LCJleHAiOjE3NzQwOTg2OTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zMDk2NTEyIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.xsrE5Mk4T2-wQz6LoLyFVV1fmprHEhUG-TZjPwS1rC8&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Partager&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/phenylcetonurie-et-jeune-de-24-heures?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNTQxMTc0NDAsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE4ODQwOTU0OSwiaWF0IjoxNzcxNTA2Njk3LCJleHAiOjE3NzQwOTg2OTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zMDk2NTEyIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.xsrE5Mk4T2-wQz6LoLyFVV1fmprHEhUG-TZjPwS1rC8"><span>Partager</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/phenylcetonurie-et-jeune-de-24-heures/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Laissez un commentaire.&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/p/phenylcetonurie-et-jeune-de-24-heures/comments"><span>Laissez un commentaire.</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h1><strong>Phenylketonuria and 24-hour fasting | The final video</strong></h1><p>&#127911; In this episode of PKU Notebook Connect, I talk one last time about 24-hour fasting with phenylketonuria.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Abonnez-vous maintenant&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.phenylcetonurie.ca/subscribe?"><span>Abonnez-vous maintenant</span></a></p><p>Why it is normally contraindicated, what I have observed in my own experiments, and how certain strategies can influence catabolism and insulin. Note that I have simplified some concepts, particularly regarding insulin resistance, to lighten the content, but all the biological processes I am talking about are much more complex.</p><p>Everything I present here is based on my personal experience and done under professional supervision. 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