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The Erythrocyte and Leukocyte Biology [ELB] study section reviews applications concerned with both basic and applied aspects of the blood system, Emphasis is on hemoglobinopathies, thalassemias; iron and heme metabolism; erythrocyte and granulocyte/monocyte biology, transfusion medicine, and disorders and parasitic infections that involve the formed blood elements. Specific areas covered by ELB:

• Hemoglobin structure, synthesis and biochemistry; blood substitutes; abnormal hemoglobins; developmental globin gene regulation; sickle cell anemia; and gene therapy for globin disorders.
• Iron and heme metabolism; iron overload states and strategies for the therapeutic intervention; and sideroblastic anemias.
• Immunohematology and transfusion: immunohematologic disorders; autoimmune hemolytic anemia, neutropenia; blood groups, blood banking, and transfusion medicine.
• Molecular cell biology, biochemistry, and structure of the formed blood elements: myeloid and erythroid cell membrane proteins and receptors; the interaction of myeloid and erythroid cells with the vascular wall; the granulocyte/monocyte and red cell cytoskeleton.
• Normal and pathological myelocyte and erythrocyte function.
• Inherited or acquired hemolytic anemias, including disorders involving the erythrocyte membrane or membrane skeleton and erythroblast biology.

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:

Hematopoiesis  study section [HP] 
Hemostasis and Thrombosis study section [HT] 
Cellular and Molecular Immunology Study Sections [CMIA] 
Macromolecular Structure and Function A Study Section [MSFA] 
Macromolecular Structure and Function B Study Section [MSFB] 
Macromolecular Structure and Function C Study Section [MSFC] 
Macromolecular Structure and Function D Study Section [MSFD]  
Macromolecular Structure and Function E Study Section [MSFE] 
Vascular Cell and Molecular Biology Study Section [VCMB]