Bilirubin, the primary breakdown product of hemoproteins, particularly hemoglobin, plays a key role in the diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of liver diseases. In acute liver diseases, such as ...

Clinical recommendations for predictive risk assessment aim to reduce the incidence of severe hyperbilirubinemia and bilirubin encephalopathies while minimizing the risks of unintended harm such as ...

The yellow bile pigment bilirubin has a bad reputation. The normal end-product of hemoglobin breakdown, in excess it causes jaundice, lethargy, seizures, and death. Yet, people with only slightly ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Microbiology, a group of researchers identified and characterized BilR, a novel gut microbiota-derived enzyme, and explored its role in the reduction ...

Effective treatments for patients with primary biliary cholangitis are limited. Seladelpar, a peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor delta agonist, has potential benefits. In this phase 3, ...

Dr. Danielle C. Crabtree (Medicine): A 37-year-old man was admitted to this hospital because of fever, myalgia, jaundice, and hypoxemia. The patient had been healthy until 9 days before this admission ...

Septerna Inc.’s stock plunged as much as 68% throughout the day Feb. 18 on news that the company was stopping a phase I trial of SEP-786 in healthy volunteers following two severe events of elevated ...

A Rockingham-area health center has used local grant funding to purchase equipment to monitor and treat jaundice in newborn ...