Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are heterogeneous lipid containers with a complex molecular
cargo comprising several populations with unique roles in biological processes. These …

Blood tests are considered as standard clinical procedures to screen for markers of diseases
and health conditions. However, the complex cellular background (> 99.9% RBCs) and …

Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trap**, and
manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails. Since the pioneering work …

Based on the development of automatic devices and rapid assay methods, various high-
throughput screening (HTS) strategies have been established for improving the performance …

Since the discovery of the inelastic scattering of light, ie, the so-called Raman effect, 1
Raman spectroscopy has become an attractive tool in a high number of research fields …

The application of Raman spectroscopic methods in life science applications has entered a
new era due to advances in instrumentation, miniaturization and, most importantly …

Since its discovery, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has shown outstanding
promise of identifying trace amounts of unknown molecules in rapid, portable formats …

In recent years, vibrational spectroscopic techniques based on Fourier transform infrared
(FTIR) or Raman microspectroscopy have been suggested to fulfill the unmet need for …

Neutrophils are important cells of the innate immune system and the major leukocyte
subpopulation in blood. They are responsible for recognizing and neutralizing invading …

Living sample viability measurement is an extremely common process in medical,
pharmaceutical, and biological fields, especially drug pharmacology and toxicology …