hemoglobin

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Evan’s symptoms seemed too minor to warrant a doctor’s appointment, but a simple blood test may have revealed his low hemoglobin level, an early warning sign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Why fuss with all the rest of the blood when we can just isolate hemoglobin and get it to do the job?

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2025

He underwent a surgery to remove half his colon after suffering a bout of diverticulitis, and received iron infusions and hemoglobin shots.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2025

Part of this is due to changes in the regulation of the EPAS1 gene, which lowers hemoglobin concentrations by regulating the pathway that responds to changing oxygen levels.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2024

Walter Noel’s red blood cells and liver cells contained the same genetic information—but gene regulation ensured that the hemoglobin protein was only present in red blood cells, and not in the liver.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee