BD Flow Cytometry

Cell Analysis Recent advances in molecular and cell biology—the study of cells including their function, the structures they contain, their interactions with their environment, and their life cycle, division, and death—have helped researchers gain a deeper understanding of human disease. Advancing understanding of the different types of cells populations, how cells work, and the differences between cell types is fundamental to the study of cellular biology and disease and is a core application of the instruments and reagents developed by BD Biosciences. The technology underpinning of our product offerings, flow cytometry, is playing a crucial role in furthering such understanding. Flow cytometry is an advanced technology for counting, examining, and sorting individual cells. Equally important to this advance was the parallel discovery and development of monoclonal antibodies that allowed researchers to detect and label specific cell populations. The combination of these two technologies—commercialized at roughly the same time—catalyzed the rapid growth of the flow cytometry market.