Usage examples (32)

• Epogen is an artificial form of a hormone called erythropoietin that stimulates the production of red blood cells.
• In 1977, after nearly 25 years of research, Dr. Goldwasser discovered the hormone secreted by the kidneys known as erythropoietin or
• It does this via a substance called erythropoietin (EPO), a hormone made by the kidneys when the body needs to make more red blood corpuscles.
• For example, when they left out the protein called erythropoietin, the skin cells generated neutrophils and macrophages, types of white blood cell used by the immune system.