Hemoglobin is a crystallizable, conjugated protein consisting of
an iron-containing pigment (called heme or hematin) and a simple
protein, globin. In the lungs, it combines readily with oxygen
to form a loose, unstable compound called oxyhemoglobin, a
process called oxygenation. In the tissues of the body, where
oxygen tension is low and carbon dioxide tension is high,
oxyhemoglobin liberates its oxygen in... A Swedish study has
shown that teaching type 2 diabetes patients about their disease
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