
1) Laboratory technique
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In biotechnology, flow cytometry is a laser-based, biophysical technology employed in cell counting, cell sorting, biomarker detection and protein engineering, by suspending cells in a stream of fluid and passing them by an electronic detection apparatus. It allows simultaneous multiparametric analysis of the physical and chemical characteristics ...
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A method of measuring the number of cells in a sample, the percentage of live cells in a sample, and certain characteristics of cells, such as size, shape, and the presence of tumor markers on the cell surface. The cells are stained with a light-sensitive dye, placed in a fluid, and passed in a stream before a laser or other type of light. The meas...
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Technique for characterizing or separating particles such as beads or cells, usually on the basis of their relative fluorescence.
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Technique for characterizing or separating particles such as beads or cells, usually on the basis of their relative fluorescence.
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A procedure using flow in a very narrow diameter, or very small drops, exposed to a light beam (usually a laser), with measurement of scattered light or fluorescence.
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<technique> Flow cytometry is an emerging technique which holds great promise for the separation, classification and quantitation of blood cells and antibodies which affect blood cells. ... Complex computerised instruments are used to pass a monocellular stream of cells, platelets or other microscopic particulate elements through a beam of la...
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A method of sperm sorting used for sex selection. X and Y chromosome bearing sperm are stained with different fluorescent dyes and then can be sorted by colour.
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Analysis of biological material by detection of the light- absorbing or fluorescing properties of ce
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Slightly imprecise but common term for the use of the Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter (FACS). Cells are labelled with fluorescent dye and then passed, in suspending medium, through a narrow dropping nozzle so that each cell is in a small droplet. A laser-based detector system is used to excite fluorescence, and droplets with positively fluorescent cells are given an electric charge. Charged and uncharged droplets are separated as they fall between charged plates, and so collect in different tubes. The machine can be used either as an analytical tool, counting the number of labelled cells in a population, or to separate the cells for subsequent growth of the selected population. Further sophistication can be built into the system by using a second laser system at right angles to the first to look at a second fluorescent label, or to gauge cell size on the basis of light-scatter. The great strength of the system is that it looks at large numbers of individual cells, and makes possible the separation of populations with, for example, particular surface properties.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a method of measuring fluorescence from stained cells that are in suspension and flowing through a narrow orifice, usually in combination with one or two lasers to activate the dyes; used to measure cell size, number, viability, and nucleic acid content with the aid of acridine orange, Kasten fluorescent Feulgen stain, et...
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Flow cytometry: Analysis of biological material by detection of the light-absorbing or fluorescing properties of cells or subcellular fractions such as chromosomes passing in a narrow stream through a laser beam. Flow cytometry can be used with automated sorting devices to sort successive droplets of the stream into different fractions depending on...
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technique analyzing cells for fluorescence intensity; specific subsets of cells are usually labeled in some way prior to the analysis
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Analysis of biological material by detection of the light- absorbing or fluorescing properties of cells or subcellular fractions (i.e., chromosomes) passing in a narrow stream through a laser beam. An absorbance or fluorescence profile of the sample is produced. Automated sorting devices, used to fractionate samples, sort successive droplets of the...
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