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Light Scattering Analysis of Single Cells

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Light scattering is an attractive tool for flow cytometric analysis because it is an inherently nondestructive probe and can be used for the analysis and sorting of unstained, viable cells. Since every cell passing through the laser beam scatters light, it can be used in conjunction with fluorescence probes to discriminate between stained and unstained fractions of a sample.

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