Ming Dao and the Nanomechanics Lab have developed and used tools to study malaria, sickle cell disease, and nanoscale diamonds. Left to right: Optical tweezers stretching a healthy (upper) and malaria infected (lower) red blood cell, red blood cells sickling under low oxygen conditions, and a diamond nanoneedle bending.
Ming Dao and the Nanomechanics Lab have developed and used tools to study malaria, sickle cell disease, and nanoscale diamonds. Left to right: Optical tweezers stretching a healthy (upper) and malaria infected (lower) red blood cell, red blood cells sickling under low oxygen conditions, and a diamond nanoneedle bending.
Courtesy of Ming Dao and the Nanomechanics Lab
