UNM Cancer Center gets new equipment

The University of New Mexico Cancer Center has received a new piece of equipment that will allow researchers to do cancer research that wasn’t possible five years ago. 

The Cancer Center’s new flow cytometer uses five lasers and 16 detectors to analyze cancers at the rate of 50,000 to 70,000 cells per second. The cytometer will allow researchers to do cancer stem cell investigations. 

The cytometer cost $550,000 and was purchased with funds from the Cancer Center and other UNM Health Sciences Center departments. 

The cytometer was installed Sept. 12.

UNM Cancer Center gets new equipment