Capillary flow is a common phenomenon inherent in everyday tasks, from wiping up spills to watering plants. Credit: KTH Royal Institute of Technology You may never have heard of the capillary effect, ...

The cells lining skin capillaries are constantly sending each other messages—tiny pulses of calcium that help regulate blood ...

The purpose is to use laws of physics to elucidate the mechanisms behind capillary non-perfusion in diabetic retinopathy. In diabetic retinopathy, loss of pericytes weakens capillary walls and the ...

Capillary leak syndrome is a rare disorder where the plasma in your blood leaks from your capillaries (small blood vessels) into surrounding tissues in your body. It affects fewer than 1,000 people in ...

Figure 2: Classification of electrophoretic techniques. Credit: The Author. Gel electrophoresis: separation takes place through a gel matrix. Zone electrophoresis: molecules are separated into zones ...

Thanks to the increasing availability of point-of-care (POC) testing, the use of capillary blood (fingerstick) sampling worldwide is growing. Anemia affects around 25% of the global population. Its ...

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is the name of a family of analytical techniques that involve the separation of charged molecules within a narrow capillary tube under the influence of an electric field ...