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  3-D biofabrication using stereolithography for biology and medicine.

  Bajaj, P., Chan, V., Jeong, J. H., Zorlutuna, P., Kong, H. & Bashir, R., 2012, In: Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference. p. 6805-6808 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Stereolithography
  • Medicine
  • Electrophoresis
  • Tissue engineering
  • Scaffolds

• 3D printing enables separation of orthogonal functions within a hydrogel particle

  Raman, R., Clay, N. E., Sen, S., Melhem, M., Qin, E., Kong, H. & Bashir, R., Jun 2016, In: Biomedical microdevices. 18, 3, 49.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Orthogonal functions
  • Three-Dimensional Printing
  • Hydrogels
  • Iron oxides
  • Polyethylene glycols

• Biaxial Dielectrophoresis Force Spectroscopy: A Stoichiometric Approach for Examining Intermolecular Weak Binding Interactions

  Park, I. S., Kwak, T. J., Lee, G., Son, M., Choi, J. W., Choi, S., Nam, K., Lee, S. Y., Chang, W. J., Eom, K., Yoon, D. S., Lee, S., Bashir, R. & Lee, S. W., Apr 26 2016, In: ACS Nano. 10, 4, p. 4011-4019 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Electrophoresis
  • Spectroscopy
  • loading rate
  • pulling
  • spectroscopy

• Biodegradable thin metal foils and spin-on glass materials for transient electronics

  Kang, S. K., Hwang, S. W., Yu, S., Seo, J. H., Corbin, E. A., Shin, J., Wie, D. S., Bashir, R., Ma, Z. & Rogers, J. A., Mar 25 2015, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 25, 12, p. 1789-1797 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • metal foils
  • Metal foil
  • Glass
  • encapsulating
  • glass

• Bionanoscience in health and medicine

  Bashir, R., May 2012, In: Proceedings of the IEEE. 100, 5, p. 1015-1016 2 p., 6183039.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nanotechnology
  • Medicine
  • Health
  • Biological systems
  • DNA

• Biophysical properties of human breast cancer cells measured using silicon MEMS resonators and atomic force microscopy

  Corbin, E. A., Kong, F., Lim, C. T., King, W. P. & Bashir, R., Feb 7 2015, In: Lab on a chip. 15, 3, p. 839-847 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems
  • Atomic force microscopy
  • Atomic Force Microscopy
  • Silicon
  • Cells

• Characterization of mass and swelling of hydrogel microstructures using MEMS resonant mass sensor arrays

  Millet, L. J., Corbin, E. A., Free, R., Park, K., Kong, H., King, W. P. & Bashir, R., Aug 20 2012, In: Small. 8, 16, p. 2555-2562 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hydrogels
  • Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate Hydrogel
  • Sensor arrays
  • Swelling
  • MEMS

• Coupled heterogeneous nanowire-nanoplate planar transistor sensors for giant (>10 V/pH) nernst response

  Go, J., Nair, P. R., Reddy, B., Dorvel, B., Bashir, R. & Alam, M. A., Jul 24 2012, In: ACS Nano. 6, 7, p. 5972-5979 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nanowires
  • Transistors
  • nanowires
  • transistors
  • Ion sensitive field effect transistors

• Design and integration of a problem-based biofabrication course into an undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum

  Raman, R., Mitchell, M., Perez-Pinera, P., Bashir, R. & DeStefano, L., Sep 21 2016, In: Journal of Biological Engineering. 10, 1, 10.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomedical engineering
  • Curricula
  • Curriculum
  • Students

• Detection of silver ions using dielectrophoretic tweezers-based force spectroscopy

  Choi, S., Lee, G., Park, I. S., Son, M., Kim, W., Lee, H., Lee, S. Y., Na, S., Yoon, D. S., Bashir, R., Park, J. & Lee, S. W., Nov 15 2016, In: Analytical Chemistry. 88, 22, p. 10867-10875 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Polynucleotides
  • Spectroscopy
  • Silver
  • Metal ions
  • Heavy ions

• Development of miniaturized walking biological machines

  Chan, V., Park, K., Collens, M. B., Kong, H., Saif, T. A. & Bashir, R., 2012, In: Scientific reports. 2, 857.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Locomotion
  • Cardiac Myocytes
  • Walking
  • Leg
  • Friction

• Direct characterization of hydrodynamic loading on a microelectromechanical systems microstructure

  Mehrnezhad, A., Bashir, R. & Park, K., Mar 14 2016, In: Applied Physics Letters. 108, 11, 114101.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • microelectromechanical systems
  • hydrodynamics
  • microstructure
  • characterization
  • viscous fluids

• Directed cell growth and alignment on protein-patterned 3D hydrogels with stereolithography: In this tissue engineering application, PEG-based hydrogels with different fibronectin patterns were fabricated and the influence of the protein patterns on shape and direction of seeded cells was studied

  Chan, V., Collens, M. B., Jeong, J. H., Park, K., Kong, H. & Bashir, R., Sep 1 2012, In: Virtual and Physical Prototyping. 7, 3, p. 219-228 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Stereolithography
  • Fibronectin
  • Hydrogel
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Cell growth

• Dynamic mechanical measurement of the viscoelasticity of single adherent cells

  Corbin, E. A., Adeniba, O. O., Ewoldt, R. H. & Bashir, R., Feb 29 2016, In: Applied Physics Letters. 108, 9, 093701.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • mechanical measurement
  • viscoelasticity
  • cells
  • sensors
  • microelectromechanical systems

• Electronic desalting for controlling the ionic environment in droplet-based biosensing platforms

  Swaminathan, V. V., Dak, P., Reddy, B., Salm, E., Duarte-Guevara, C., Zhong, Y., Fischer, A., Liu, Y. S., Alam, M. A. & Bashir, R., Feb 2 2015, In: Applied Physics Letters. 106, 5, 053105.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • salts
  • platforms
  • electronics
  • platinum black
  • electrodes

• Engineering as a new frontier for translational medicine

  Chien, S., Bashir, R., Nerem, R. M. & Pettigrew, R., Apr 1 2015, In: Science Translational Medicine. 7, 281, 281fs13.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Translational Medical Research
  • Medicine
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Therapeutics

• Enhanced sub-micron colloidal particle separation with interdigitated microelectrode arrays using mixed AC/DC dielectrophoretic scheme

  Swaminathan, V. V., Shannon, M. A. & Bashir, R., Apr 2015, In: Biomedical microdevices. 17, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Microelectrodes
  • Electrodes
  • 1-(2-(dodecyloxy)ethyl)pyrrolidine hydrochloride
  • DNA Viruses
  • Static Electricity

• Fabrication and characterization of optogenetic, multi-strip cardiac muscles

  Chan, V., Neal, D. M., Uzel, S. G. M., Kim, H., Bashir, R. & Asada, H. H., May 21 2015, In: Lab on a chip. 15, 10, p. 2258-2268 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Optogenetics
  • Muscle
  • Myocardium
  • Fabrication
  • Tissue engineering

• Glacier moraine formation-mimicking colloidal particle assembly in microchanneled, bioactive hydrogel for guided vascular network construction

  Lee, M. K., Rich, M. H., Shkumatov, A., Jeong, J. H., Boppart, M. D., Bashir, R., Gillette, M. U., Lee, J. & Kong, H., Jan 1 2015, In: Advanced Healthcare Materials. 4, 2, p. 195-201 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Glaciers
  • Ice Cover
  • Hydrogels
  • Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate Hydrogel
  • Microchannels

• Graphene-Based Platform for Infrared Near-Field Nanospectroscopy of Water and Biological Materials in an Aqueous Environment

  Khatib, O., Wood, J. D., McLeod, A. S., Goldflam, M. D., Wagner, M., Damhorst, G. L., Koepke, J. C., Doidge, G. P., Rangarajan, A., Bashir, R., Pop, E., Lyding, J. W., Thiemens, M. H., Keilmann, F. & Basov, D. N., Aug 25 2015, In: ACS Nano. 9, 8, p. 7968-7975 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Graphite
  • Biological materials
  • Graphene
  • Near field scanning optical microscopy
  • viruses

• High-Resolution Projection Microstereolithography for Patterning of Neovasculature

  Raman, R., Bhaduri, B., Mir, M., Shkumatov, A., Lee, M. K., Popescu, G., Kong, H. & Bashir, R., Mar 9 2016, In: Advanced Healthcare Materials. 5, 5, p. 610-619 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Stereolithography
  • Tissue engineering
  • Assays
  • Immunosorbents
  • Tissue

• Hydrodynamic loading and viscous damping of patterned perforations on microfabricated resonant structures

  Park, K., Shim, J., Solovyeva, V., Corbin, E., Banerjee, S. & Bashir, R., Apr 9 2012, In: Applied Physics Letters. 100, 15, 154107.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • viscous damping
  • perforation
  • hydrodynamics
  • penetration
  • perforating

• Label-free electrical detection of pyrophosphate generated from DNA polymerase reactions on field-effect devices

  Credo, G. M., Su, X., Wu, K., Elibol, O. H., Liu, D. J., Reddy, B., Tsai, T. W., Dorvel, B. R., Daniels, J. S., Bashir, R. & Varma, M., Mar 21 2012, In: Analyst. 137, 6, p. 1351-1362 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • diphosphoric acid
  • DNA
  • Labels
  • Chelating Agents
  • sensor

• "Living" microvascular stamp for patterning of functional neovessels; Orchestrated control of matrix property and geometry

  Jeong, J. H., Chan, V., Cha, C., Zorlutuna, P., Dyck, C., Hsia, K. J., Bashir, R. & Kong, H., Jan 3 2012, In: Advanced Materials. 24, 1, p. 58-63 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hydrogels
  • Angiogenesis Inducing Agents
  • Geometry
  • Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate Hydrogel

• Magnetophoretic-based microfluidic device for DNA Concentration

  Shim, S., Shim, J., Taylor, W. R., Kosari, F., Vasmatzis, G., Ahlquist, D. A. & Bashir, R., Apr 1 2016, In: Biomedical microdevices. 18, 2, p. 1-8 8 p., 28.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices
  • Microfluidics
  • DNA
  • Nanofluidics
  • Nucleic acids

• Mechanical Characterization and Shape Optimization of Fascicle-Like 3D Skeletal Muscle Tissues Contracted with Electrical and Optical Stimuli

  Neal, D., Sakar, M. S., Bashir, R., Chan, V. & Asada, H. H., Jun 1 2015, In: Tissue Engineering - Part A. 21, 11-12, p. 1848-1858 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Shape optimization
  • Muscle
  • Tissue
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Muscles

• Microfluidic differential immunocapture biochip for specific leukocyte counting

  Hassan, U., Watkins, N. N., Reddy, B., Damhorst, G. & Bashir, R., Apr 1 2016, In: Nature Protocols. 11, 4, p. 714-726 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biochips
  • Biosensors
  • Microfluidics
  • Leukocytes
  • Biosensing Techniques

• Microfluidic multifunctional probe array dielectrophoretic force spectroscopy with wide loading rates

  Park, I. S., Eom, K., Son, J., Chang, W. J., Park, K., Kwon, T., Yoon, D. S., Bashir, R. & Lee, S. W., Oct 23 2012, In: ACS Nano. 6, 10, p. 8665-8673 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Molecular interactions
  • loading rate
  • Spectroscopy
  • Microfluidics
  • Molecular mechanics

• Modeling and Analysis of Intercalant Effects on Circular DNA Conformation

  Krueger, E., Shim, J., Fathizadeh, A., Chang, A. N., Subei, B., Yocham, K. M., Davis, P. H., Graugnard, E., Khalili-Araghi, F., Bashir, R., Estrada, D. & Fologea, D., Sep 27 2016, In: ACS Nano. 10, 9, p. 8910-8917 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Circular DNA
  • Conformations
  • DNA
  • deoxyribonucleic acid
  • Nanopores

• Multi-material bio-fabrication of hydrogel cantilevers and actuators with stereolithography

  Chan, V., Jeong, J. H., Bajaj, P., Collens, M., Saif, T., Kong, H. & Bashir, R., Jan 7 2012, In: Lab on a chip. 12, 1, p. 88-98 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Stereolithography
  • Hydrogels
  • poly(ethylene glycol)diacrylate
  • Polyethylene glycols
  • Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate Hydrogel

• Nanopore-based assay for detection of methylation in double-stranded DNA fragments

  Shim, J., Kim, Y., Humphreys, G. I., Nardulli, A. M., Kosari, F., Vasmatzis, G., Taylor, W. R., Ahlquist, D. A., Myong, S. & Bashir, R., Jan 27 2015, In: ACS Nano. 9, 1, p. 290-300 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Methylation
  • methylation
  • Nanopores
  • Assays
  • DNA

• On-chip electrical detection of parallel loop-mediated isothermal amplification with DG-BioFETs for the detection of foodborne bacterial pathogens

  Duarte-Guevara, C., Swaminathan, V. V., Reddy, B., Huang, J. C., Liu, Y. S. & Bashir, R., Jan 1 2016, In: RSC Advances. 6, 106, p. 103872-103887 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pathogens
  • Amplification
  • Assays
  • Gold
  • Nucleic acids

• On-chip metal/polypyrrole quasi-reference electrodes for robust ISFET operation

  Duarte-Guevara, C., Swaminathan, V. V., Burgess, M., Reddy, B., Salm, E., Liu, Y. S., Rodriguez-Lopez, J. & Bashir, R., May 21 2015, In: Analyst. 140, 10, p. 3630-3641 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • polypyrrole
  • Ion sensitive field effect transistors
  • Polypyrroles
  • Ion-Selective Electrodes
  • Metals

• On-chip PMA labeling of foodborne pathogenic bacteria for viable qPCR and qLAMP detection

  Duarte-Guevara, P., Duarte-Guevara, C., Ornob, A. & Bashir, R., Aug 1 2016, In: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 20, 8, 114.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • propidium monoazide
  • Bacteria
  • bacteria
  • marking
  • Labeling

• Optogenetic skeletal muscle-powered adaptive biological machines

  Raman, R., Cvetkovic, C., Uzel, S. G. M., Platt, R. J., Sengupta, P., Kamm, R. D. & Bashir, R., Mar 29 2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113, 13, p. 3497-3502 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Optogenetics
  • Bioengineering
  • Skeleton
  • Locomotion
  • Skeletal Muscle

• Optomechanical measurement of the stiffness of single adherent cells

  Park, K., Mehrnezhad, A., Corbin, E. A. & Bashir, R., Jul 14 2015, In: Lab on a chip. 15, 17, p. 3460-3464 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Substrates
  • Stiffness
  • Mechanical properties
  • Phase shift
  • Lasers

• Photopatterning of hydrogel scaffolds coupled to filter materials using stereolithography for perfused 3D culture of hepatocytes

  Neiman, J. A. S., Raman, R., Chan, V., Rhoads, M. G., Raredon, M. S. B., Velazquez, J. J., Dyer, R. L., Bashir, R., Hammond, P. T. & Griffith, L. G., Apr 1 2015, In: Biotechnology and bioengineering. 112, 4, p. 777-787 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hepatocytes
  • Stereolithography
  • Hydrogels
  • Scaffolds
  • Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate Hydrogel

• Resonant MEMS mass sensors for measurement of microdroplet evaporation

  Park, K., Kim, N., Morisette, D. T., Aluru, N. R. & Bashir, R., 2012, In: Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. 21, 3, p. 702-711 10 p., 6176181.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Evaporation
  • MEMS
  • Sensors
  • Dimethyl sulfoxide
  • Self assembly

• Silicon nanowires with high-k hafnium oxide dielectrics for sensitive detection of small nucleic acid oligomers

  Dorvel, B. R., Reddy, B., Go, J., Duarte Guevara, C., Salm, E., Alam, M. A. & Bashir, R., Jul 24 2012, In: ACS Nano. 6, 7, p. 6150-6164 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • hafnium oxide
  • Hafnium oxides
  • Nucleic acids
  • Oligomers
  • hafnium oxides

• Slowing DNA transport using graphene-DNA interactions

  Banerjee, S., Wilson, J., Shim, J., Shankla, M., Corbin, E. A., Aksimentiev, A. & Bashir, R., Feb 11 2015, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 25, 6, p. 936-946 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Graphite
  • Graphene
  • Nanopores
  • graphene
  • interactions

• Smartphone-Imaged HIV-1 Reverse-Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) on a Chip from Whole Blood

  Damhorst, G. L., Duarte-Guevara, C., Chen, W., Ghonge, T., Cunningham, B. T. & Bashir, R., Sep 1 2015, In: Engineering. 1, 3, p. 324-335 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Viruses
  • Transcription
  • Amplification
  • Smartphones
  • Blood

• Stacked graphene-Al ₂O ₃ nanopore sensors for sensitive detection of DNA and DNA-protein complexes

  Venkatesan, B. M., Estrada, D., Banerjee, S., Jin, X., Dorgan, V. E., Bae, M. H., Aluru, N. R., Pop, E. & Bashir, R., Jan 24 2012, In: ACS Nano. 6, 1, p. 441-450 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nanopores
  • Graphite
  • Graphene
  • DNA
  • Proteins

• Tip-based nanofabrication of arbitrary shapes of graphene nanoribbons for device applications

  Hu, H., Banerjee, S., Estrada, D., Bashir, R. & King, W. P., 2015, In: RSC Advances. 5, 46, p. 37006-37012 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nanoribbons
  • Graphite
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Graphene
  • Nanotechnology
• Chapter

  Impedance microbiology and microbial screening strategy for detecting pathogens in food

  Flint, S., Naila, A. & Bashir, R., Jan 1 2015, High Throughput Screening for Food Safety Assessment: Biosensor Technologies, Hyperspectral Imaging and Practical Applications. Elsevier Inc., p. 285-300 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Microbiology
  • Pathogens
  • food pathogens
  • microbiology
  • Electric Impedance

• Stereolithographic 3D bioprinting for biomedical applications

  Raman, R. & Bashir, R., Aug 7 2015, Essentials of 3D Biofabrication and Translation. Elsevier Inc., p. 89-121 33 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Bioprinting
  • Stereolithography
  • Medical applications
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Fabrication
• Conference article

  A semiconductor bio-electrical platform with addressable thermal control circuits for accelerated bioassay development

  Chen, T. T., Wen, C. H., Huang, J. C., Peng, Y. C., Liu, S., Su, S. H., Cheng, L. H., Lai, H. C., Liao, T. C., Lai, F. L., Cheng, C. W., Yang, C. K., Yang, J. H., Hsieh, Y. J., Salm, E., Reddy, B., Tsui, F., Liu, Y. S., Bashir, R. & Chen, M., Feb 20 2015, In: Technical Digest - International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM. 2015-February, February, p. 15.4.1-15.4.4 7047058.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

  • Bioassay
  • bioassay
  • Semiconductor materials
  • platforms
  • pixels
• Conference contribution

  3-D biofabrication using stereolithography for biology and medicine

  Bajaj, P., Chan, V., Jeong, J. H., Zorlutuna, P., Kong, H. & Bashir, R., Dec 14 2012, 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2012. p. 6805-6808 4 p. 6347557. (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Stereolithography
  • Medicine
  • Electrophoresis
  • Tissue engineering
  • Scaffolds

• Electrical flow metering of blood for point-of-care diagnostics

  Watkins, N., Hassan, U., Rodriguez, W. & Bashir, R., Dec 14 2012, 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2012. p. 3255-3257 3 p. 6346659. (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Point-of-Care Systems
  • Blood
  • Microfluidics
  • Microelectrodes
  • Leukocyte Count

• Graphene nanopores for nucleic acid analysis

  Shim, J., Solovyeva, V., Estrada, D., Banerjee, S., Rivera, J., Pop, E. & Bashir, R., 2012, 2012 12th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2012. 6322237

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Nanopores
  • Nucleic acids
  • Graphite
  • nucleic acids
  • Graphene

• HIV-1 IIIB capture from whole blood on magnetic microparticles

  Damhorst, G. L., Kooiman, J. M. & Bashir, R., Oct 13 2016, 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 5785-5788 4 p. 7592042. (Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS; vol. 2016-October).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

  • Antibodies
  • Blood
  • Proteins
  • HIV-1
  • Drug therapy