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 ...

The interaction between cells in the central nervous system and immune cells are key in neuroinflammation, and play a role in the survival of neurons during neuropathology. Flow cytometry is a ...

T cells genetically engineered to express a lab-designed chimeric-antigen receptor, or CAR, offer many patients with blood cancer a new treatment option. But while these T cells may have lifesaving ...

Although established more than 30 years ago, the field of flow cytometry continues to grow and advance. It remains an indispensable tool for clinicians and researchers. The “Northwest Regional ...

The discovery of vaccines has no doubt transformed modern medicine, opening up an entirely new avenue of preventative techniques. To date, two diseases have been eradicated through mass vaccination: ...

After five decades of use, flow cytometry is entrenched in biomedical science. Besides enabling the quick processing of cells in suspension, flow cytometry provides quantitative results across ...

Immunophenotyping helps doctors diagnose and classify specific blood cell cancers, like leukemia and lymphoma, as well as other diseases. Immunophenotyping is a lab test doctors use to identify and ...

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer type that originates in the bone marrow. Despite being considered a rare disease, it is the most common type of acute leukemia and progresses rapidly, ...

A research team at the MHH is comparing changes in natural killer cells of the innate immune defense system in chronic hepatitis C sufferers as a risk factor for the later development of ...