When you breathe, oxygen moves into your lungs and binds to hemoglobin, a protein in your red blood cells. In your ...

"Our air conditioners have been controlling temperature and humidity, but maybe the air conditioners of tomorrow will also ...

Ozone (O3) exposure may reduce the availability of oxygen in the body, resulting in arterial stiffening due to the body's ...

When someone inherits two mutant copies of the hemoglobin gene, the abnormal form of the hemoglobin protein causes the red blood cells to lose oxygen and ... Those who carry the sickle cell ...

Immvention Therapeutix is partnering with Novo Nordisk to develop oral treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD) and other ...

Because of a recessive gene, they lacked diaphorase. The inability of their blood to carry enough oxygen gave a blue cast to their skin. The normal reaction would be: hemoglobin [Hb(Fe2+) + O2 ...

Molecules of sickle-cell hemoglobin stick to one another ... The rigid, misshapen blood cells do not carry oxygen well, and they also tend to clog capillaries, causing an affected person's ...

New data from a Phase 1b clinical trial testing Fulcrum's pociredir for sickle cell disease are expected by the middle and ...