Sentences with phrase «from haemoglobin»

The study also showed that the main activator of artemisinin is haem, a specific iron - containing compound, either biosynthesised by the parasite at its early developmental ring stage, or derived from haemoglobin digestion in the later stages.

The analysis shows that the soft tissue layer around the bones retained traces of ferrous iron, a relic left over from haemoglobin that was also trapped in the sample.

Not exact matches

The scientists found that 89 % of participants on the intervention diet achieved satisfactory glycaemic control, whereby glycated haemoglobin fell below the 7 % threshold, compared to 50 % from the control group.

In two controlled trials conducted in Honduras, allocation to exclusive breastfeeding to six months of age compared with mixed breastfeeding from four to six months resulted in lower haemoglobin, ferritin, and hematocrit levels in infants, but no differences were found in anthropometric or morbidity outcomes, and mothers resumed menses later and lost more weight

When Michael Tift, a comparative physiologist at Scripps, analysed blood samples from 24 elephant seals on a California beach, he found high levels of haemoglobin.

Kole's work focused on tricking the red blood cell manufacturing machinery of thalassaemic patients into producing normal haemoglobin from their mutated genes.

Researchers in Cambridge have now shown that this ability depends on a tiny fragment of the animal's haemoglobin the protein that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.

They looked for those that were triggered to release oxygen by bicarbonate ions, and found that human haemoglobin behaved like its counterpart in crocodiles if it contained a particular sequence of just 12 amino acids from the crocodile's haemoglobin.

Plasma glucose fell from 7.5 to 6.3 mmol / l, haemoglobin A1c decreased from 7.3 to 6.8 % and there were dramatic improvements (75 %) in insulin sensitivity.

He purchases haemoglobin sub-rosa from a hospital hand played by Jeffrey Wright, amasses recherché musical instruments via Ian (a wonderful Anton Yelchin), including a Gretsch Chet Atkins, and the nights go by.

My understanding is that Cyanide poisoning operates by saturating the Oxygen sites in Haemoglobin with CN; which prevents it from carrying Oxygen to the cells.

Pathways of association between maternal haemoglobin and stillbirth: path - analysis of maternity data from two hospitals in England