Why Do Individuals with PKU Need the Nonessential Amino Acid

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Short Answer

Why do individuals with PKU need the nonessential amino acid tyrosine in their diets?

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Roger Taney

An American jurist who served as the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, known for delivering the majority opinion in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case, which ruled that African Americans could not be American citizens.

Bank of the United States

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Economic Privilege

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