The need for blood transfusions in wartime and the emerging threat of infection from blood and blood products have motivated several commercial companies to develop compounds that aim to substitute ...

This release is available in German. Scientists at the University of Bonn have discovered a new rare type of haemo-globin. Haemoglobin transports oxygen in the red blood corpuscles. When bound to ...

When green algae "can't breathe," they get rid of excess energy through the production of hydrogen. Biologists have found out how the cells notice the absence of oxygen. For this, they need the ...

Textbooks have said for decades that haemoglobin is found in the red blood cells (RBCs), that it makes blood red, carries oxygen, and is essential for our survival. A new and serendipitous discovery ...