BlueGnome is offering 26,000 pre-labelled fluorescent in-situ hybridisation (Fish) probes derived from the well validated Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) BAC library in its BlueFish library
BlueFish is the largest commercially available Fish library and provides full tiling of the complete human genome.
As Nick Haan, CEO of BlueGnome, explained: "Fish (fluorescent in-situ hybridisation) is widely used in genetics to measure the presence or absence of known DNA sequences at specific points on the genome.
"Until now, however, most commercially produced Fish libraries have been limited to a relatively small number of regions associated with recognised genetic disorders.
"Anyone wanting to use Fish to investigate the genome more widely has had to grow and label their own clones which is both time consuming and inconvenient.
"BlueGnome has already made a significant investment in automation and informatics to offer 4400 clones from its CytoChip microarray as high quality, pre-labelled, BlueFish probes, it is therefore well placed to manufacture Fish probes from the 26,000 RPCI clones tiling the genome".
Nir Navot, CEO of Pronto Diagnostics in Rehovot, Israel, concurred.
"Fish is a very powerful technique however sourcing, growing and labelling clones can be impractical and distracting.
"The ability to order individual clones from the tile path library on-line and have them delivered, ready for use, is long overdue".
The BlueFish library has broad application in genetics research and for the rapid confirmation of results from the CytoChip, and other microarray platforms.
