Human red blood cells (RBC) undergo a sudden change from blocking to passing through 1-μm-micropipettes at a transition temperature (Tc) of 36.4°C. For resealed RBC-ghosts this transition occurs at 28.3°C (Tg). These findings are attributed to elastomeric transitions of hemoglobin from being gel-like to a fluid and of membrane proteins such as spectrin
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Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
(Volume:6
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Date of Conference: 29 Oct-1 Nov 1998