Can't Live Without It: The Story of Hemoglobin in Sickness and in Health

by Loren F. Hazelwood

Why is blood red? Because it contains Haemoglobin -- the most important molecule in the human body. In health -- the average person has 4 lbs. of haemoglobin and manufactures seven billion molecules of haemoglobin every second. It carries oxygen from the lungs to the cells and helps the body remove waste carbon dioxide. In sickness -- an estimated one billion people around the world have some disorder related to haemoglobin: sickle-cell anaemia, pernicious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560729074
• ISBN13: 9781560729075
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.