Abstract In 1972 the Fluid—Mosaic Membrane Model of membrane structure was proposed
based on thermodynamic principals of organization of membrane lipids and proteins and …

Erythrocytes are the main cells in circulation. They are devoid of internal membrane
structures and easy to be isolated and handled providing a good model for different assays …

As a result of natural selection driven by severe forms of malaria, 1 in 6 humans in the world,
more than 1 billion people, are affected by red cell abnormalities, making them the most …

Blood is a two-phase suspension of formed elements (ie, red blood cells [RBCs], white blood
cells [WBCs], platelets) suspended in an aqueous solution of organic molecules, proteins …

Hereditary spherocytosis and elliptocytosis are the two most common inherited red cell
membrane disorders resulting from mutations in genes encoding various red cell membrane …

When a dielectric object is placed between two opposed, nonfocused laser beams, the total
force acting on the object is zero but the surface forces are additive, thus leading to a …

The spectrin-based membrane skeleton of the humble mammalian erythrocyte has provided
biologists with a set of interacting proteins with diverse roles in organization and survival of …

The simplest cell-like structure, the lipid bilayer vesicle, can respond to mechanical
deformation by elastic membrane dilation/thinning and curvature changes. When a protein is …

Erythropoiesis is the process by which nucleated erythroid progenitors proliferate and
differentiate to generate, every second, millions of nonnucleated red cells with their unique …

In this review, we describe and analyze a mesoscale simulation method for fluid flow, which
was introduced by Malevanets and Kapral in 1999, and is now called multi-particle collision …