Existing tests can also be applied to more diseases. Alpan describes the basophil activation test (BAT), which uses flow cytometry to detect surface changes in these immune cells after exposure to ...

4 Another study led by Dorin-Mirel Popescu from the UK’s Newcastle University, published in Nature, used high-parameter flow cytometry to assist in the identification of human blood and immune ...

the flow cytometers provide analyses to identify and purify subsets of cells to study processes in the human body and in single-celled organisms. Flow cytometry provides a technique for obtaining ...

The basophil activation test (BAT) is not a primary diagnostic tool; it is a test complementary to the skin test and quantification of allergen-specific IgE. The BAT is currently mostly applied in ...

—Abnormal activation of basophils occurs in patients with indolent systemic mastocytosis, with enhanced responsiveness to a chemotactic factor derived from bacteria. Here’s what this finding ...