The combat against the Corona virus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), has created a chaos
among the healthcare institutions and researchers, in turn accelerating the dire need to …

The first description of reticulocytes was made in 1865 by Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840–
1921), a German neurologist who was a leading physician and eminent figure of his time …

Plasmodium vivax shows a strict host tropism for reticulocytes. We identified transferrin
receptor 1 (TfR1) as the receptor for P. vivax reticulocyte-binding protein 2b (PvRBP2b). We …

With increasing worldwide demand for safe blood, there is much interest in generating red
blood cells in vitro as an alternative clinical product. However, available methods for in vitro …

Plasmodium vivax merozoites only invade reticulocytes, a minor though heterogeneous
population of red blood cell precursors that can be graded by levels of transferrin receptor …

Background A very large biomass of intact asexual-stage malaria parasites accumulates in
the spleen of asymptomatic human individuals infected with Plasmodium vivax. The …

Complex regulation of the immune response is necessary to support effective defense of an
organism against hostile invaders and to maintain tolerance to harmless microorganisms …

Application of modern and innovative spectroscopic and microscopic approaches to
biomedical analysis opens new horizons and sheds new light on many unexplored scientific …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder characterized by sickled red blood
cells (RBCs), which are more sensitive to haemolysis and can contribute to disease …

More than one-third of the world's population is exposed to Plasmodium vivax malaria,
mainly in Asia. P. vivax preferentially invades reticulocytes (immature red blood cells) …