by Bob Auer
LETTERS	A FACS check The Scientist 2004, 18(18):10 Published   27 September 2004

The "How it Works" article on fluorescence activated cell sorting[1] incorrectly suggests that Len Herzenberg developed the first fluorescence-activated cell sorter. In fact it was developed by Mack Fulwyler, Marv Van Dilla, John Steinkamp, and James Coulter.[2] Fulwyler and colleagues adapted the principle of ink-jet droplet deflection developed by Richard Sweet to sort cells.[3]

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