Researchers create a way to visually sort blood cell data

For more than five decades, researchers wanting to learn more about cellular composition and cellular physiology used a process called flow cytometry to examine the physical and chemical aspects of blood and other kinds of fluid. It involves passing the substance through at least one laser. Any fluorescent molecules that are present emit fluorescence, while other particles show light-scattering properties. A computer then processes those associated light signals and allows finding out about components related to a large number of cells in a relatively short span of time. However, an international team comprised of researchers from numerous universities came up… [Continue Reading]