A hemoglobin electrophoresis test is a blood test used to measure and identify the different types of hemoglobin in your bloodstream. Hemoglobin is the protein inside red blood cells responsible for ...

Sickle cell anemia can be diagnosed with a simple blood test. Most countries routinely screen newborns for sickle cell disease with a simple blood test. A blood smear is made on a micro-slide and is ...

SICKLE-cell trait is a heterozygous state characterized by the presence of hemoglobin A plus hemoglobin S, the latter usually in a concentration of less than 40 per cent. It is present in 8 to 10 per ...

Around 10,000 new cases of sickle cell disease are reported every year in India and sadly, very few people know about this condition. Sickle cell anemia is a type of anemia affecting millions of ...

Professor Qin Wenbin from BaoTou Medical College first identified the hemoglobin (Hb) A2 phenomenon 30 years ago. His first paper on this phenomenon was published in Acta Biochimica et Biophysica ...