Sickle cell disease: Physics explains how sickling cells make people sick
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 13:03
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have identified the physical forces in red blood cells and blood vessels underlying the painful symptoms of sickle cell disease. Their experiment, the first to answer a scientific question about sickle cell disease using microfluidics engineering methods, may help future researchers better determine who is at greatest risk of harm from the disease.