hemoglobin S
noun
: an abnormal hemoglobin that occurs in the red blood cells in sickle cell anemia and sickle-cell trait
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However, if one parent passes down the hemoglobin S gene and the other does not, the child will only carry the sickle cell trait.
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Maggie Aime, Msn, Health, 20 Sep. 2024
The nucleotide substitution in the HBB gene—producing what’s known as hemoglobin S, in contrast to normal hemoglobin A—is heritable.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
The result is hemoglobin S—a misshapen version that causes red blood cells to sickle.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022
But hemoglobin S congeals into taut strands, making the blood cells that carry it fragile and rigid, as though a balloon were filled with shards of ice.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022
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Maggie Aime, Msn, Health, 20 Sep. 2024
The nucleotide substitution in the HBB gene—producing what’s known as hemoglobin S, in contrast to normal hemoglobin A—is heritable.
—Maryn McKenna, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
The result is hemoglobin S—a misshapen version that causes red blood cells to sickle.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022
But hemoglobin S congeals into taut strands, making the blood cells that carry it fragile and rigid, as though a balloon were filled with shards of ice.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022
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“Hemoglobin S.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hemoglobin%20S. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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