A microfabricated deformability-based flow cytometer with application to malaria

A microfabricated deformability-based flow cytometer with application to malaria

Malaria resulting from Plasmodium falciparum infection is a major cause of human suffering and mortality. Red blood cell (RBC) deformability plays a major role in the pathogenesis of malaria. Here we introduce an automated microfabricated "deformability cytometer" that measures dynamic mec...

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Main Authors: Bow, Hansen (Contributor), Pivkin, Igor V. (Contributor), Diez Silva, Monica (Contributor), Goldfless, Stephen Jacob (Contributor), Dao, Ming (Contributor), Niles, Jacquin (Contributor), Suresh, Subra (Contributor), Han, Jongyoon (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012-09-21T16:00:29Z.
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