Publications by authors named "Belinda de Villiers"
Article Synopsis
- White blood cells (WBCs) are essential for monitoring health and diagnosing diseases, but isolating them from blood is challenging due to their low concentration compared to red blood cells (RBCs).
- Researchers developed a cascaded inertial microfluidic chip that improves WBC separation purity by using two sinusoidal channels and embedded micro-obstacles to control flow rate during processing.
- The method significantly enhanced WBC purity, achieving a 307-fold increase in WBC concentration from diluted whole blood and a dramatic reduction in RBC presence, making it promising for clinical diagnostics.
