Working with ARC, Amnis Corporation Designed a Method that Allows Users to View Whole Cells at the Same Time
Working under a Small Business Innovation Research contract with NASA's Ames Research Center, Amnis Corporation designed a method that allows users to view whole cells at the same time, rather than just one section of each cell. For NASA, the resulting high-speed image flow cytometry process made its way into a life-detection instrument built to collect, store, and analyze sample organisms from erupting hydrothermal vents. Commercially, the resulting device simplifies quantitative analyses of individual cells and cell populations. ImageStream is also built for many other applications, including cell signaling and pathway analysis; classification and characterization of peripheral blood mononuclear cell populations; quantitative morphology; apoptosis (cell death) assays; gene expression analysis; analysis of cell conjugates; molecular distribution; and receptor mapping and distribution.
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