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hemoglobin

[hee-muh-gloh-bin, hem-uh-] / ˈhi məˌgloʊ bɪn, ˈhɛm ə- /


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At one point since the crash, Vonn said, she received a blood transfusion to raise her hemoglobin levels.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

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

Allostatic load was calculated using body mass index, creatinine, hemoglobin, albumin, glucose, white blood count, heart rate and blood pressure.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2025

The researchers thought: Why don’t we just isolate hemoglobin and we’ll put that into people, inject it into their bloodstream, and it can carry oxygen around.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2025

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