Researchers have discovered a new enzyme, bilirubin reductase, that gives urine its yellow color. These findings could help better understand the connection between the gut and health issues like ...

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 ...

For many newborn babies, an enzyme that breaks down the molecule bilirubin doesn't activate right away. The resulting bilirubin buildup can lead to jaundice, a typically harmless condition that causes ...

Until now, scientists somehow didn’t know exactly what made pee yellow. But that just may have finally changed. In a new study published in the journal Nature Microbiology, a multidisciplinary group ...

Nearly two centuries ago, scientists discovered bilirubin, a yellow pigment produced by the breakdown of red blood cells that turns the skin and whites of the eyes yellow if it accumulates in the body ...

Bilirubin, the bile pigment that yellows the skin of babies born with jaundice, is generally considered a toxic molecule. According to a new study, however, bilirubin may actually protect cells from ...

The pigment bilirubin, long known as a leftover in the breakdown of animal blood, has turned up in the blood-free world of plants. FLOWER TO SEED Flowers of the white bird of paradise tree produce ...

If your skin isn’t its usual color, it may simply mean you’ve spent too much time in the sun. In some cases, though, a skin color anomaly may be something you want to get checked out by your health ...

An accumulation or buildup of bilirubin in newborn babies can lead to jaundice, which is typically a harmless condition that causes a baby's skin to temporarily appear yellow.However, in some cases ...

A protein that inhibits the enzyme that breaks down bilirubin in newborns has now been identified by researchers. Methods that block this inhibitor, and thus restore the enzyme’s activity, could ...