Background: Image noise, object repositioning, initial manual image alignment, and stitching of different volumes, i.e. anatomical regions may all affect the stitching error of fused cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRegular blood transfusion is the cornerstone of care for patients with red blood cell (RBC) disorders such as thalassaemia or sickle-cell disease. With repeated transfusion, alloimmunisation often occurs due to incompatibility at the level of minor blood group antigens. We use CRISPR-mediated genome editing of an immortalised human erythroblast cell line (BEL-A) to generate multiple enucleation competent cell lines deficient in individual blood groups.
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