Innovative nanotechnology techniques were successfully used by Greek scientists to depict and study human blood. Until recently, scientists relied on more conventional means such as optical microscopes, which, are generally, considered the most accurate medium when it comes to medical prognosis. Limitations, however, of standard optical microscopy lie in the fact that the OP narrows the scope of blood examination to the level of cells.
To surmount this limitation, Post-Doctoral Fellow Dimosthenis Stamopoulos from the Democritus National Centre for Scientific Research introduced two techniques called Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy in blood observation. Both these methods allow scientists to produce clear images of the human blood, and thus, help treat patients with kidney problems and other autoimmune conditions, who are repeatedly submitted to blood cleansing and other extracorporeal blood circulation treatments.
