Dantas and his colleagues applied these findings to designing a potential probiotic therapy for PKU. People with PKU are unable to break down phenylalanine, a protein building block found in many foods. High phenylalanine levels cause brain damage, so people with PKU must strictly adhere to a low-protein diet.
Dantas na wenzake walitumia matokeo haya katika kubuni tiba inayoweza kuwa ya probiotic kwa PKU. Watu walio na PKU hawawezi kuvunja phenylalanine, kizuizi cha kujenga protini kinachopatikana katika vyakula vingi. Viwango vya juu vya phenylalanine husababisha uharibifu wa ubongo, kwa hivyo watu walio na PKU lazima wazingatie kabisa lishe yenye kiwango cha chini cha protini.