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Flu Season Hits Epidemic Levels
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Flu Season Hits Epidemic Levels

It's awfully tempting to hide out indoors as the number of seasonal flu cases reaches epidemic levels. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that influenza is now cons read more

Diagnosing Flu
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Diagnosing Flu

Your respiratory illness might be the flu if you have fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea.

Flow Cytometry Principles
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Flow Cytometry Principles

The basic principle of flow cytometry is the passage of cells in single file in front of a laser so they can be detected, counted and sorted.  Cell components are fluorescently labelled and then exci read more