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How to: life in the FACS lane of flow cytometry

Written by Henry Hui, Sam Small, Pradeep Kumar, Christian Tjam, Catherine Rinaldi
Analytical chemistry Lab design and machinery Tech news

Science can be colorful, fast and fantastic - just ask some aspiring FlowJos. Read on to learn how to go with the flow in this introductory guide on flow cytometry! Flow cytometry (Flow = fluidics, cyto = cell and metry = measure) is a revolutionary technique that was forged at the forefront of the biotechnology explosion in the 1960s. It has since established robust frontiers in the practice, policy and cutting-edge innovation of biology and medicine. The game-changing leaps in cytometry have enabled scientists to decode the architecture of whole biological systems and disease processes on a multidimensional single-cell level. A basic PubMed-indexed search with...

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