Anemia

Sickle-Cell Anemia

Sickle-cell anemia (Hb S) is an inherited autosomal (“non-sex” chromosomes) recessive blood disease that affects millions of people throughout the world. It is caused by a mutation in the gene for beta hemoglobin (an oxygen-carrying molecule), producing a change in the shape of the red blood cell into a sickle shape. The distorted shape of

Anemia

Anemia is a condition in which the oxygen-carrying capacity of the red blood cells is reduced. The red blood cells, or erythrocytes, contain molecules called hemoglobin that bind oxygen. Oxygen is picked up from the lungs on the hemoglobin molecules and transported through the blood throughout the body to tissues as required. There are many

Scroll to Top