The evaluation of new drugs designed to treat specific anemias should include a thorough understanding of underlying pathophysiology, with a focus on enhancing oxygen transport. In this concise review ...
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How your blood becomes an oxygen lifeline
Your red blood cells are tiny couriers, carrying life-sustaining oxygen from your lungs to every cell and bringing back carbon dioxide for release. Hemoglobin, the iron-rich protein inside them, makes ...
Iron and oxygen bind together throughout the body. Most famously, iron binds dioxygen, or two oxygens paired with each other, in hemoglobin that transports oxygen through blood. But iron-oxo compounds ...
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