Flow cytometry is a way to look closely at the features of cells or particles. A sample of blood or tissue goes into a machine called a cytometer. In less than a minute, a computer can analyze ...

Improved lasers, optical devices and software have increased the speed, accuracy and sensitivity of flow cytometers, while decreasing their size and cost. These and other recent developments extend ...

Cell processes are complex and are controlled through dynamic intracellular signaling. To better understand these processes, flow cytometry is used to phenotype cells by taking their dimensions and ...

Spleen is surgically removed for both non-neoplastic and neoplastic pathologies. A significant proportion of splenectomy specimens require distinguishing between reactive and neoplastic conditions (eg ...

Microscopy existed prior to flow cytometry and was an integral part of its development. A fluorescent microscope, in simple terms, is an enhanced light microscope which uses a light of higher ...

Flow cytometry remains a critical technology for the high-throughput analysis of single cells in complex populations. Attention to good analysis practices is more important than ever due to the recent ...

Around the same time, Mack Fulwyler, an engineer working at Los Alamos National Laboratory, needed to separate particles, so he drew on existing techniques to create droplets to separate cells from a ...

There are three main components in a flow cytometer: 1 fluidics, optics, and electronics. In the central part of the cytometer - the flow cell - the sample material meets the excitation light and ...