Ficoll-Hypaque technique

Fi·coll-·Hy·paque tech·nique

(fī'kōl hī-pak),

a density-gradient centrifugation technique for separating lymphocytes from other formed elements in the blood; the sample is layered onto a Ficoll-sodium metrizoate gradient of specific density; following centrifugation, lymphocytes are collected from the plasma-Ficoll interface.

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Fi·coll-Hy·paque tech·nique

(fī'kol-hī'pāk tek-nēk')

A density-gradient centrifugation technique for separating lymphocytes from other formed elements in the blood; the sample is layered onto a Ficoll-sodium metrizoate gradient of specific density; following centrifugation, lymphocytes are collected from the plasma-Ficoll interface.

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