Due to the potential impact on the diagnosis and treatment of various cardiovascular
diseases, work on the rheology of blood has significantly expanded in the last decade, both …

Human red blood cells (RBC) are highly differentiated cells that have lost all organelles and
most intracellular machineries during their maturation process. RBC are fundamental for the …

Contemporary medicine is shifting towards person rather than disease-oriented care. 1 With
increasing life expectancy and the ageing of baby boomers, the proportion over 60 years is …

Skin is the largest organ of the human body, having the purpose of regulating temperature,
protecting us from microbes or mechanical shocks, and allowing the sensations from touch …

Introduction: Cognitive impairment that affects older adults is commonly associated with an
inflammatory imbalance, resulting in decreased physical fitness. Exercise has been pointed …

Throughout the body, cells are immersed in extracellular fluids (ECFs) that are typically
orders of magnitude more viscous than water or culture medium. Changes in the viscosity of …

Most non-communicable diseases involve inflammatory changes in one or more vascular
systems, and there is considerable evidence that unliganded iron plays major roles in this …

Osmotic gradient ektacytometry is the gold standard to assess red blood cell (RBC)
deformability. It has been proposed that, when measured in isotonic condition, RBC …

BACKGROUND: Although numerous studies have focused on the efficacy of deep brain
stimulation (DBS) for movement disorders, less is known about surgical adverse events …

It was classically thought that the function of mammalian red blood cells (RBCs) was limited
to serving as a vehicle for oxygen, given the cells' abundance of cytosolic hemoglobin. Over …