B-D FACS II

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Description:

Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) is a technique developed in the late 1960s that

purifies specific cell populations based on phenotypes detected by flow cytometry. This FACS was built by the Becton-Dickinson Electronics Laboratory in 1975.

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Genetics (through Karen J. Carpenter and L. A. Herzenberg)

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1988.0598.01Accession Number: 1988.0598Catalog Number: 1988.0598.01

Object Name: cell sorter, florescence, activatedmain control panel

Measurements: overall: 153 cm x 122 cm x 92 cm; 60 1/4 in x 48 1/32 in x 36 7/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-2124-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1465178

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