Some people use fidget spinners—flat, multi-lobed toys with a ball bearing at the center—to diffuse nervous energy or whirl away stress. Now, researchers have found a surprising use for the toys: ...

IN the performance of blood grouping and cross-matching tests a source of inconvenience, and of possible error, is the operation of transferring the tubes in which the reactions are performed from ...

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A simple innovation the size of a grain of sand means we can now analyse cells and tiny particles as if they were inside the human body. The new micro-device for fluid analysis will enable more ...

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THE measurement of the packed red-cell volume (or hematocrit) of the venous blood has long been recognized as a useful aid in the study of blood in a large number of clinical conditions. The technic ...

Isolation of viable mononuclear and polymorphonuclear cells from blood serves as the starting point for a wide spectrum of immunology and cell biology studies. Unlike red blood cells and platelets, ...

Immunophenotyping with flow cytometry presents challenges that can result in compromised data accuracy and reliability. Traditional methods require preparing single-cell suspensions through enzymatic ...

Some people use fidget spinners -- flat, multi-lobed toys with a ball bearing at the center -- to diffuse nervous energy or whirl away stress. Now, researchers have found a surprising use for the toys ...

Micro-device to enable tailored experiments in drug development and disease research via new 'organ-on-chip' systems. A simple innovation the size of a grain of sand means we can now analyse cells and ...