Flow Cytometry Reagents Range Expanded

On 1 April Alpco began offering a new specialised panel of flow cytometry reagents from Cytognos SL, a supporting participant of the EuroFlow™ Consortium. The Plasma Cell Screening Tube (PCST) can be used to help discriminate between aberrant and clonal plasma cells. Also included in this suite of products are ASR designated EuroFlow™ reagents and three additional screening tubes specifically designed to accomplish standardisation of immunophenotyping in leukemia and lymphoma sample populations.

In addition to these reagents, Alpco also offers the Infinicyt™ software program for simple and fast analysis of flow cytometry data files.

“Our growing partnership with Cytognos will benefit all of our customers in the flow cytometry space,” explained ALPCO President, Sean Conley. “The products in the EuroFlow™ panel and Infinicyt™ software suite provide a more efficient workflow combined with the most powerful data analysis software released to date. This combination will prove an invaluable asset to any flow cytometry lab.”

Cytognos General Manager, Jorge Bensadon, said: “We are very pleased to announce the release of the PCST in the North American market through our partner Alpco. This EuroFlow™ tube proved sufficient for the specific identification, enumeration and discrimination between normal/reactive and aberrant plasma cells, being used for the initial screening of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias.”