Bacterial infections can be caused by contamination of labile blood products with specific
bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis. Hospital …

Liquid biopsy for the analysis of circulating cancer biomarkers (CBs) is a major
advancement toward the early detection of cancer. In comparison to tissue biopsy …

Nowadays, biological therapies are booming and more of these formulations are coming to
the market. Platelet‐rich plasma, or PRP, is one of the most widely used biological therapies …

Blood testing allows for diagnosis and monitoring of numerous conditions and illnesses; it
forms an essential pillar of the health industry that continues to grow in market value. Due to …

Leukapheresis, the extracorporeal separation of white blood cells (WBCs) from red blood
cells (RBCs) and platelets (PLTs), is a life-saving procedure used for treating patients with …

The isolation of a specific lymphocyte subset from blood is the required first step in the
manufacturing of many novel cellular immunotherapies. Microfluidic size-based separation …

Blood apheresis technologies are crucial during blood donation and toxin removal. Current
purification methods such as leukocytapheresis, erythrocytapheresis, thrombocytapheresis …

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) is an autologous biological product which, due to its
regenerative capacity, is currently used in different fields of medicine. This biological …

Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) of kidneys in combination with an optimized
perfusate composition may increase donor organ preservation quality, especially in the case …

Separation of blood components is required in many diagnostic applications and blood
processes. In laboratories, blood is usually fractionated by manual operation involving a …