In hereditary spherocytosis, mutations in red blood cell membrane proteins result in an overly rigid, misshapen cell whose deformability when traveling through the blood vessels is lost, causing severe anemia and splenomegaly, ...

Several clinical trials are working on drug development for Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD and BMD) treatment, and, since the expected increase in dystrophin is relatively subtle, high-sensitivity quantification ...

Excitation spectroscopy gives direct insight in excited state manifold, energy transfer, transient intermediates, vibrations, etc. Unfortunately, excitation spectroscopy of single molecules at ambient conditions has ...

Hemoglobinopathies represent the most common single-gene defects in the world and pose a major public health problem, particularly in tropical countries, where they occur with high frequency. Diagnosing hemoglobinopathies ...

Sparkle and graininess are textural effects that appear as intrinsic spatial features of coatings containing goniochromatic pigments, whereas others such as mottling are undesired outcomes. In this study, we present new ...

L’ús de sistemes espectrals està creixent en els darrers anys en el camp biomèdic. Recentment, se n’ha desenvolupat un per a l’avaluació de lesions de càncer de la pell en el Centre de Desenvolupament de Sensors, Instrumentació ...