Bio-electrospraying whole human blood: analysing cellular viability at a molecular level

Bio-electrosprays, pioneered in 2005, have undergone several developmental studies which have seen this technique evolve as a novel direct in vivo tissue engineering and regenerative medicinal strategy. Those studies have been a hallmark for electrosprays; however, in this communication we report our on-going developmental investigations for exploring bio-electrosprays as a potential medical device and diagnostic protocol. The studies reported here demonstrate the ability to directly jet whole human blood without affecting the genetic make-up, which has been interrogated by way of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in comparison to controls (p = 0.7337). These studies demonstrate bio-electrosprays as a possible diagnostic protocol.