MANHASSET, N.Y., January 18, 2022–More than one billion people worldwide suffer from anemia of inflammation or anemia of chronic diseases (ACD) – and for the first time we may know why. New research from The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, published in Blood, shows that high mobility group box-1 protein (HMGB1) prevents the body’s ability to produce sufficient levels of oxygen-rich red blood cells. The discovery opens up new avenues of research to develop therapies to target HMGB1 an