Product Description

Flow Cytometry (FCM):

Flow cytometry (FCM) is a technique used to detect and measure physical and chemical characteristics of a population of cells or particles. In this process, a sample containing cells or particles is suspended in a fluid and injected into the flow cytometer instrument. The sample is focused to ideally flow one cell at a time through a laser beam, where the light scattered is characteristic to the cells and their components. Cells are often labeled with fluorescent markers so light is absorbed and then emitted in a band of wavelengths. Tens of thousands of cells can be quickly examined and the data gathered are processed by a computer.

Clinical Applications:

• Analysis and absolute count of lymphocyte subsets: T/B/NK
• HLA-B27 detection: ankylosing spondylitis
• Blood disease/lymphoma immunophenotyping
• Functional lymphocyte subsets analysis: Th1, Treg
• Count of CD34 hemopoietic stem cell
• PNH auxiliary diagnosis: CD55, CD59, FLARE, CD14, CD15
• Multiple myeloma
• Platelets: count and immunophenotype analysis of platelets
• Count of Reticulocytes
• Minor residual disease monitor of acute leukemia
• DNA ploidy analysis