New Computer Model May Be Used to Find Medicines for Sickle Cell Disease Patients

A new computer model is able to simulate how red blood cells become misshapen in patients with sickle cell disease. The model may be useful in identifying which medicines could be beneficial for preventing the development of sickled cells. The study about that research, “Quantitative prediction of erythrocyte sickling for…

Sickle Cell: New Computer Model for Spleen’s Red Blood Cell Filtration Could Help Study Disease

A multidisciplinary team of researchers recently created a computer simulation model that shows how the spleen regulates red blood cell circulation. The model could provide a new tool to study the spleen’s role in controlling diseases that affect the shape of red blood cells, such as sickle cell anemia and malaria. The research…