**Meet the editor**

Dr Terry E. Moschandreou is a professor in applied mathematics and is currently working at the University of Western Ontario as a research associate in the department of medical biophysics. He also teaches at transport technology at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario Canada. He received his PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Western Ontario in 1996. The

greater part of his professional life was spent at the University of Western Ontario and Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. For shorter times he worked at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Dr. Moschandreou is the author of several research articles in blood flow and oxygen transport in the microcirculation and general fluid dynamics. Also he has contributed in the field of finite element modelling of the upper airways in sleep apnea and surgical brain deformation modelling.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 2 **Rediscovering Red Blood Cells:** 

Chapter 5 **C-Reactive Protein 89** 

Osamu Hayashi

Karen A. Selz

Chapter 8 **Spontaneous Alternation Behavior in Human Neutrophils 147** 

Chapter 9 **RBC-ATP Theory of Regulation** 

Terry E. Moschandreou

Gökhan Cüce and Tahsin Murad Aktan

Chapter 3 **Homocysteine in Red Blood Cells Metabolism – Pharmacological Approaches 31** 

Ambreen Shaikh and Deepa Bhartiya

Moneer Faraj and Nihaya Salem

Junko Takahashi, Akiko Takatsu, Masaki Misawa and Hitoshi Iwahashi

**Revealing Their Dynamic Antigens Store and Its Role in Health and Disease 13**  Mahmoud Rafea and Serhiy Souchelnytskyi

Filip Cristiana, Zamosteanu Nina and Albu Elena

Chapter 6 **Whole Blood RNA Analysis, Aging and Disease 101** 

Chapter 7 **Proliferation and Differentiation of Hematopoietic Cells and Preservation of Immune Functions 119** 

**for Tissue Oxygenation-ATP Concentration Model 155** 

Chapter 4 **Pluripotent Stem Cells in Bone Marrow and Cord Blood 69** 

**Section 1 Main Concepts 1** 

Chapter 1 **Platelets 3** 
