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The purpose of red blood cells in the body is to deliver oxygen from lungs to other parts of the body using a protein called hemoglobin. Anemia is a disorder where the cells do not receive adequate oxygen from the blood. It is mainly due to not having enough number of red blood cells (RBCs) […]

What is HbA1c (Diabetes)? HbA1c is glycosylated hemoglobin also called as glycated haemoglobin, are post transitional modification of hemoglobin formed by non-enzymatic addition of a sugar residue to haemoglobin beta chain. Four species of glycated Hb are measured based on their electrophoretic mobility in clinical practice – HbA1a1, HbA1a2, HbA1b, HbA1c, collectively called as HbA1. […]

What is Prostate-specific Antigen (PSA)? Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a protein, a member of the human kallikrein gene family, produced by certain cells in the prostate gland. It plays an important role in increasing sperm mobility and liquefaction of seminal fluid by proteolytic cleavage of gel-forming proteins in seminal fluid. PSA is produced in […]