A series of laboratory studies is underway in the United States to improve gene therapy worldwide for sickle cell disease, a complex and sometimes deadly heritable blood disorder that dramatically ...

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Hemoglobin, long celebrated for ferrying oxygen in red blood cells, has now been revealed to play an overlooked—and potentially game-changing—antioxidant role in the brain. "The key was to uncover ...

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Roughly one in four people worldwide is anemic, a finding from the most recent global disease-burden analysis, which counted 1.92 billion cases in 2021. Many go undiagnosed for years, and the number ...

A class of drugs used for their ability to stop tumor cells from dividing is now under study for their potential to reduce the pain and damage caused by sickle cell disease, investigators report. The ...

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Hemoglobin is a key protein found in red blood cells. Its main job is to carry oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body. When hemoglobin levels drop, the body may not receive enough oxygen to ...

Did you know the same protein that gives blood its red color and carries oxygen throughout the body is also present inside brain cells? Hemoglobin, long celebrated for ferrying oxygen in red blood ...