thalassemia

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

An inherited form of anemia occurring chiefly among people of Mediterranean descent, caused by faulty synthesis of part of the hemoglobin molecule.

Hemoglobin is the iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells which carries oxygen. It consists of about 6 percent heme and 94 percent globin.

Heme is the color part of the hemoglobin which is non-protein and contains iron.

Globin is the protein part of hemoglobin and myoglobin.

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