New Products Focus: Microarrays

摘要

The Maui Wash System automates posthybridization wash protocols to provide clean, dry microarray slides. The system is suitable for mid throughput to high throughput laboratories that demand high-quality microarray data. The system accommodates many wash protocols, with user control of cycle times, reagent usage, temperature, slide agitation, and drying. Cytogenetic Solution, which combines the high-density SNP Array 6.0 with a simple assay and intuitive software, is designed to enable researchers to detect more copy-number abnormalities associated with congenital diseases. The microarray-based system provides cytogenetic researchers with an accurate method of detecting chromosomal abnormalities associated with congenital diseases such as autism and mental retardation. The copy number and loss of heterozygosity information it delivers enables scientists to identify uniparental disomies-genetic abnormalities that are frequent in many congenital diseases.