Hot Article: Measuring the Mechanics of Red Blood Cells

The question of ‘active’ or ‘passive’ mechanisms for red blood cell flickering (or vibratory motion), currently under debate, is investigated in a recent publication.

Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are a useful model for understanding cell mechanics. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have recently examined the response of erythrocytes to external stress with the help of optical traps and high-speed video imaging.

Read this Soft Matter article for free until 15 Feb, 2011 here!

Young Zoon Yoon, Jurij Kotar, Aidan T. Brown and Pietro Cicuta, Soft Matter, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0SM01117G, (Advance Article).

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