Respirocytes Flowing Through a Blood Vessel
1999
1500 X 1200 pixels
Color
This wonderfully detailed image shows respirocytes and red blood cells flowing through a blood vessel, most likely a small artery. In the foreground at left, we see a closeup of the respirocyte surface even including the sensor apertures and the individual rotating disks (containing active binding sites) comprising each of the thousands of sorting rotors. At lower right, we see another nearby respirocyte with its pumping station geometry and polar barcodes clearly visible.
Ā© Copyright 2002Ā E-spacesĀ ANDĀ Robert A. Freitas Jr.Ā For reprint permission, please contact Philip Van Nedervelde atĀ [email protected]; E-spaces, Hageveld 37, B-9320 Aalst, Belgium. The Respirocyte was conceived and designed byĀ Robert A. Freitas Jr., whose permission is also required.
Robert A. Freitas Jr., “Respirocytes in Nanomedicine,”Ā Graft: Organ and Cell TransplantationĀ 52(May 2050):148 (special “Future Issue”).
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