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Guest Editor's Introduction: The effective adsorption of substances by activated charcoal is depressed when such substances are bound to plasma proteins. To remove plasma-bound substances from blood, synthetic resins were evaluated. This paper is the first report regarding the uncharged resin adsorbent and describes effectiveness in the removal of protein-bound substances. Encouraged by the report, more effective anion resins have been developed by Asahi Medical Co. and Kuraray Co. and used for the treatment of fulminant hepatitis and postoperative hepatitis. This paper was printed in Trans Am Soc Artif Intern Organs. vol 16, page 134-140 (1970) and reprinted here with permission.