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Schematic illustration of red blood cells (RBCs) flowing within a blood vessel. Healthy RBCs can freely flow through the smaller blood vessels due to their ability to undergo cellular deformation (a). This is not the case for diseased RBCs whose impaired deformability characteristics do not allow them to pass through the smaller blood vessels (b).
