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Flow Cytometry: The Glass Is Half Empty

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Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1678))

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In hopes of broadening the reader’s perspective, this closing chapter discusses what flow cytometry cannot do; hence, the glass is half empty. Alternative methods using affordable and sustainable simple imaging cytometers are presented.

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  1. One World Cytometry, Inc., 283 Highland Ave., West Newton, MA, 02465-2513, USA

    Howard M. Shapiro

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  1. Flow Cytometry Section, Research Technologies Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Teresa S. Hawley

  2. Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Robert G. Hawley

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Shapiro, H. (2018). Flow Cytometry: The Glass Is Half Empty. In: Hawley, T., Hawley, R. (eds) Flow Cytometry Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1678. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7346-0_20

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