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Cytometry for Life (C4L) is a program aimed at lessening the burden of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The C4L program provides portable battery-powered laboratories that can identify the level of depression of the immune system of an HIV-positive individual to regions of the world lacking this ability. C4L’s portable laboratory is a CD4 T-Lymphocyte counter and is designed to be simple to operate, portable, reliable and function on battery power. C4L was created by J. Paul Robinson and Gary Durack. == Background == CD4 testing using flow cytometry techniques is a critical component of the AIDS treatment process in terms of identifying candidates to receive life-saving therapy, as well as on-going monitoring of disease progression. Unfortunately, in areas most impacted by HIV/AIDS, such as the African continent, CD4 testing procedures are often plagued by inconvenient time-lags, unavailability of instruments and high-costs. Former UN special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis, has been a major proponent of the movement to make CD4 testing “portable” and “easy to use” so as to mitigate the AIDS epidemic in Africa. In May 2006, Lewis issued a challenge to experts in the field of cell analysis at the 2006 (International Society for Analytical Cytology ) (ISAC) Congress, held in Quebec, to create a solution to flow cytometers that are ''“bulky, difficult to use, at about $50,000 each, vastly out of reach of most of the continent”''.(Medicine October 2006) ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cytometry for life」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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