â¢ Optimizing settings in BD CellQuest Pro software for data acquisition â¢ Acquiring data Acquiring and analyzing flow cytometry data is a multistep process.
2017-08-10T15:41:08-04:00. Stem cells and germ cells are considered immortal. The term immortality is used by scientists to describe cells that are able to carry on dividing indefinitely. Other types of cells will reach the point where they can no longer divide. Comments
Biologists chose the word immortal to designate cells that are not subject to the Hayflick limit, the point at which cells can no longer divide due to DNA damage or shortened telomeres. Prior to Leonard Hayflick's theory, Alexis Carrel hypothesized that all normal somatic cells were immortal.