Blood viscosity is an important determinant of local flow characteristics, which exhibits shear
thinning behavior: it decreases exponentially with increasing shear rates. Both hematocrit …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disease caused by a single mutation in the β-globin
gene, leading to the production of an abnormal hemoglobin called hemoglobin S (HbS) …

The aim of this study was to (1) analyze blood viscosity, red blood cell (RBC) deformability,
and aggregation in hospitalized patients with Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID‐19);(2) test …

Studies performed in the last decades have highlighted the need to better understand the
contribution of the endothelium, vascular function, oxidative stress, inflammation …

Drying of biologically-relevant sessile droplets, including passive systems such as DNA,
proteins, plasma, and blood, as well as active microbial systems comprising bacterial and …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited monogenic disorder and the most common severe
hemoglobinopathy in the world. SCD is characterized by a point mutation in the β-globin …

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 …

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a recessive genetic blood disorder exhibiting abnormal blood
rheology. Polymerization of sickle hemoglobin, due to a point mutation in the β‐globin gene …

Proper functioning of white blood cells is not possible without their ability to adhere to
vascular endothelium, which may occur only if they are close enough to vessel walls. To …

While microscopy-based cellular assays, including microfluidics, have significantly
advanced over the last several decades, there has not been concurrent development of …