title: Flow cytometry: technical description and some applications in France.
abstract: After reviewing basic technical considerations, we discuss some applications of flow cytometry in French laboratories. This methodology is used in several areas: oncology, cellular pharmacotoxicology, molecular biology and genetics, immunology, as well as cellular biology and physiology. We also examine the evolution of this technique in two directions: on the one hand, the appearance of increasingly sophisticated instruments; on the other, the development of less expensive and less complicated apparatuses principally directed at clinical applications.
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology; D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004247:DNA