Monthly Archives: May 2011

CellAtlas now available as Android Application

CellAtlas now available as Android Application

Wait is over. Our popular CellAtlas App for hematology competency is now out for Andriod mobile phones. Close to 4 000 laboratory professionals have already experienced this excellent educational tool and cell reference library.

Download your free App today and learn the basics of cell morphology in a fun and interactive way.

The App includes the game, CellQuiz, where you can test your cell morphology skills by matching cell class to the right cell image. See if you can score higher than your friends.

CellAtlas is also available for Apple iPhone and iPod touch and can be downloaded here.

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Baltimore here we come!

Baltimore here we come!

Visit booth #309 and let CellaVision product specialists show you the tools to become best practice in cell morphology. We will show you how our systems will compensate for labor you may not have in the future, and how your lab can help reducing patient waiting time.

See you at CMLA ThinkLab ’11  May 23-24 at booth #309!

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Natural killer cell proliferations

Natural killer cell proliferations

Natural Killer (NK) cells constitute up to 15% of all white cells in the peripheral blood and a small proportion of cells in the normal bone marrow. However they cannot be readily distinguished morphologically from other lymphocytes and identification relies on flow cytometric analysis

Typically the NK cell has the appearance of a large granular lymphocyte, Figure 1, which has an eccentric mature nucleus, abundant cytoplasm and coarse azurophilic granules.  These cells are derived from the hematopoietic stem cell, then the T/NK cell progenitor at which stage they diverge and become committed to the NK lineage. They acquire some common T lineage antigens, CD2 and CD7, but are negative for surface… Read more »

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