IN the development of new methods for detecting bilirubin in urine technical simplicity has generally been sacrificed for increased sensitivity and specificity. As a consequence many clinicians ...

Bilirubin, a potent endogenous antioxidant, was found to protect against the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN) in rodents. In humans, cross-sectional studies found an inverse relation ...

Jaundice refers to the yellow appearance of the skin and whites of the eye that occurs when the blood contains an excess of the pigment called bilirubin. Bilirubin is a natural product arising from ...

A bilirubin analyser is a device used to measure bilirubin levels and is often used in neonatal intensive units to screen new-borns for jaundice. The analysers either detect bilirubin levels in ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Jaundice (also known as icterus) is a condition that causes the skin and sclera (the white part of your eyes) to turn yellow. This condition occurs when your ...

More information: Yao-Xu Mao et al, Transport mechanism of human bilirubin transporter ABCC2 tuned by the inter-module ...

Jaundice is a yellowing of the skin and eyes from an accumulation of excess bilirubin in the body. Bilirubin is a waste product that results from the death of old or damaged red blood cells.

CONJUGATED bilirubins (esters) are formed within the liver cells from bilirubin and glucuronic or sulphuric acid. These compounds are very unstable because of the highly reactive central methylene ...

An Oregon City couple failed to arrange medical treatment after their newborn's lips turned blue and later died, prosecutors ...

Expert Rev of Obstet Gynecol. 2012;7(3):269-279. In summary, excess levels of urobilinogen and bilirubin in the urine may signal liver disease, and more research is needed to correlate these ...

Specifically, there were substantially higher rates of treatment-related adverse events with glecirasib involving blood ...

Gallbladder stones or gallstones are hardened deposits that occur in the gallbladder a tiny organ under the liver ...