Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells. It carries oxygen from your lungs to all the cells in your body. Red blood cells also carry carbon dioxide waste to the lungs for you to exhale. Typically, old red blood cells die after about 120 days, and the body creates new ones to replace them. More @Wikipedia
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