Scientists have developed a way of assessing the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape. This ...

This synthetic red blood cell mimics, shown releasing from an adhesive film into a drop of solvent. The particles were manufactured using PRINT (Particle Replication in Non-wetting Templates ...

Red blood cells are disc-shaped cells with no nucleus. They are very small but their flattened shape gives a relatively large surface area which allows rapid diffusion of oxygen.

SCIENTISTS have developed a way of assessing the ability of red blood cells to deliver oxygen by measuring their shape. This test could improve specialist transplant and transfusion practice as well ...