: a colorless protein obtained by removal of heme from a conjugated protein and especially hemoglobin
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Orkin discovered a way to take advantage of a natural source of healthy globin—a genetic sequence that is turned on during fetal development but is silenced in adults.
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TIME,
17 Apr. 2024
People who were possibly exposed received post-exposure prophylaxis immune globin, using plasma containing antibodies to immediately protect against measles.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2024
Once there, scientists will treat the cells with Bluebird’s gene therapy, made from a lentivirus that shuttles the beta-globin gene into the cells.
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Ryan Cross,
BostonGlobe.com,
17 Aug. 2022
Even Linus Pauling, who famously discovered that sickle cell was caused by the substitution of a single amino acid in the globin protein, was part of this dismal history.
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Gina Kolata,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2021
The haemoglobin protein is a made of two slightly different molecules – alpha-globin and beta-globin – and people with beta-thalassaemia have faults with the latter.
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Ed Yong,
Discover Magazine,
15 Sep. 2010
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TIME,
17 Apr. 2024
People who were possibly exposed received post-exposure prophylaxis immune globin, using plasma containing antibodies to immediately protect against measles.
—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2024
Once there, scientists will treat the cells with Bluebird’s gene therapy, made from a lentivirus that shuttles the beta-globin gene into the cells.
—
Ryan Cross,
BostonGlobe.com,
17 Aug. 2022
Even Linus Pauling, who famously discovered that sickle cell was caused by the substitution of a single amino acid in the globin protein, was part of this dismal history.
—
Gina Kolata,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2021
The haemoglobin protein is a made of two slightly different molecules – alpha-globin and beta-globin – and people with beta-thalassaemia have faults with the latter.
—
Ed Yong,
Discover Magazine,
15 Sep. 2010
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globin
noun
glo·bin
ˈglō-bən 
: a colorless protein obtained by removal of heme from a conjugated protein and especially hemoglobin
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