Adding albumin to a dialysis solution may help patients wake up faster from coma due to chronic liver failure, according to researchers at Northwestern University Medical School. CHICAGO --- Adding ...

Albumin is a major prognostic factor for patients with advanced liver disease, dependent on its concentration and biological activity. This study aimed to improve the method of active albumin ...

Researchers also found an improvement in specialized blood markers focusing on inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and albumin function in patients receiving weekly albumin injection. Among ...

Albumin is the most common protein in the blood, a vital molecule produced by the liver that helps maintain fluid balance and ...

The neonatal crystallizable fragment receptor (FcRn) is responsible for maintaining the long half-life and high levels of the two most abundant circulating proteins, albumin and IgG. In the latter ...

Acute liver failure is a life-threatening condition in which liver function suddenly and rapidly deteriorates. It can affect the ability of the blood to clot and reduce the oxygen supply to the brain, ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 75, No. 3 (Mar., 1978), pp. 1213-1216 (4 pages) Circular dichroism methods were used to detect bilirubin-ligandin ...

In acute liver failure there is rapid deterioration of liver function. It has a high mortality rate. Causes include poisoning due to alcohol, pharmaceutical or recreational drugs and viral infection.