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Illustration of cells either being sorted into tubes from a cell sorter or going into a waste container from a flow cytometer.
What’s the Difference Between Flow Cytometry and FACS?
Flow-based methods allow researchers to collect multiparameter data from individual cells in their samples, but the fate of samples depends on the instrument.
What’s the Difference Between Flow Cytometry and FACS?
What’s the Difference Between Flow Cytometry and FACS?

Flow-based methods allow researchers to collect multiparameter data from individual cells in their samples, but the fate of samples depends on the instrument.

Flow-based methods allow researchers to collect multiparameter data from individual cells in their samples, but the fate of samples depends on the instrument.

cell sorter

3D illustration of a cell with a teal nucleus.
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