Xiaofang Jiang, a computational biologist at the National Institutes of Health, teamed up with Brantley Hall, a microbiologist at the University of Maryland, to hunt down the gut bacterial enzyme ...

The metabolism of bilirubin begins with its production from heme in the spleen and bone marrow, followed by transportation to the liver, where it undergoes enzymatic conversion. The liver plays a ...

Conjugation of bilirubin and delivery to the intestine doesn't necessarily lead to excretion of the substance. Neonatal intestines contain beta-glucuronidase, an enzyme capable of reducing ...

Three days after completing the course, his AST level was 9 times the ULN, ALT was 11 times the ULN, TB was 22 times the ULN, conjugated bilirubin was 15 times the ULN, and ALP was 6 times the ULN.