Plasmodium species cause malaria by proliferating in human erythrocytes. Invasion of
immunologically privileged erythrocytes provides a relatively protective niche as well as …

Glycophorins are heavily glycosylated sialoglycoproteins of human and animal erythrocytes.
In humans, there are four glycophorins: A, B, C and D. Glycophorins play an important role in …

The mechanical phenotype of a cell is an inherent biophysical marker of its state and
function, with many applications in basic and applied biological research. Microfluidics …

Malaria has had a major effect on the human genome, with many protective polymorphisms—
such as the sickle-cell trait—having been selected to high frequencies in malaria-endemic …

Artemisin combination therapy (ACT) is the main treatment option for malaria, which is
caused by the intracellular parasite Plasmodium. However, increased resistance to ACT …

Blood is arguably the most important bodily fluid and its analysis provides crucial health
status information. A first routine measure to narrow down diagnosis in clinical practice is the …

In life sciences, the material properties of suspended cells have attained significance close
to that of fluorescent markers but with the advantage of label-free and unbiased sample …

The membrane attack complex (MAC) is one of the immune system's first responders.
Complement proteins assemble on target membranes to form pores that lyse pathogens and …

Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is widely used in a number of biological and biotechnological
applications, mainly because of its effects on the cell plasma membrane, but the molecular …

Sorting cells is an essential primary step in many biological and clinical applications such as
high-throughput drug screening, cancer research and cell transplantation. Cell sorting …