The complex structural and molecular features of a cell lead to a set of specific dielectric and mechanical properties which can serve as intrinsic phenotypic markers that enable different cell populations to be chara...
supported in part by InnoHK Project on[Project 1-5 Multimodal spectroscopy(MMS)&biosensor platforms for monitoring CVDs]at Hong Kong Centre for Cerebro-cardiovascular Health Engineering(COCHE),in part by City University of Hong Kong(7020002,7005464,7005208,9667220);which is funded by the Research Grants Council(RGC),in part by Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board(9211276);in part by Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China(CityU 21200921).
Cellular deformability is a promising biomarker for evaluating the physiological state of cells in medical applications.Microfluidics has emerged as a powerful technique for measuring cellular deformability.However,ex...
This work is partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1710831,1902503,and 1912410.
Mechanical properties have emerged as a significant label-free marker for characterizing deformable particles such as cells.Here,we demonstrated the first single-particle-resolved,cytometry-like deformability-activate...
financial support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada via an NSERC Steacie Memorial Fellowship and the Canada Research Chairs program.
In transfusion medicine,the deformability of stored red blood cells(RBCs)changes during storage in blood banks.Compromised RBC deformability can reduce the transfusion efficiency or intensify transfusion complications...
Financial support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)through a Steacie Fellowship,from Grand Challenges of Canada,and from the Canada Research Chairs Program is acknowledged.
The higher risk of vaso-occlusion events and sudden death for sickle-cell trait(SCT)athletes has been speculatively ascribed to SCT red blood cell(RBC)stiffening during strenuous exercise.However,the microenvironmenta...