“Dialive is a novel liver dialysis device invented at University College London,” Rajiv Jalan, PhD,
lead investigator and professor of hepatology at the university’s Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, said in related press release. “It is based on an understanding of the mechanisms underlying ACLF, which are what we are correcting with this machine by exchanging dysfunctional albumin and removing damage- and pathogen-associated molecular patterns.