Understanding Sickle Cell Anemia and the Need for Early DiagnosisSickle cell anemia is a genetic blood disorder caused by a ...

Hemoglobin has played a central role in the understanding of many biochemical and biophysical principles, as Eaton and colleagues point out on page 351 of this issue of Nature Structural Biology.

The end product was Heme-Chip, a pocket-sized sickle cell diagnostic tool. Users add a drop of blood mixed with deionized ... "As far as I know, we are the only group in the world working to make ...

Sickle cell hemoglobin (HbS) behaves like normal hemoglobin when fully oxygenated, but at low oxygen tension the hydrophobic valine residues cause the HbS to polymerize, resulting in gel formation ...