| I like to explain that a haemoglobin molecule is like a choo-choo train with four empty carriages. |
| The main task of red blood cells is to transport oxygen bound to haemoglobin from the lungs to the tissues. |
| Infection can produce severe anaemia and an aplastic crisis in people with sickle-cell anaemia or other abnormalities of haemoglobin. |
| It has been known for some time that smoking can give rise to acrylamide in human red cells that forms adducts with haemoglobin. |
| A blood test will show a significant reduction in the haemoglobin content of the red blood cells and an increase in the size of the cells. |
| When haemoglobin mixes with carbon monoxide it produces a compound called carboxyhaemoglobin. |
