Hi all - I sent this a while ago and never really found a response that seemed like a viable option. Could anyone suggest some other perturbation that may inhibit red blood cell sedimentation? I'd prefer to not add any solutes (unless they are entirely benign) to the blood like others suggested.
Thanks Josh On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Joshua Silverstein < silverstein.jos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi again - > > I'm running blood over some surfaces under flow with a syringe pump. The > problem is that the blood seems to settle extremely quickly when it is on > it's side in the pump. A colleague suggested putting a stir bar inside the > syringe but I am worried about activating the platelets and since the > primary objective of this experiment is to assess platelet adhesion, I don't > know if that's a good idea. Any other suggestions or at least a maximum > speed so that I do not skew the results? > > Thanks > Josh Silverstein > _______________________________________________ Methods mailing list Methods@net.bio.net http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/methods
