Hyderabad
The Hindu Business Line
Agilent Technologies, the $5.4-billion global measurement company, is set to launch the next-generation DNA sequencer by end of 2008.
The new high throughput crunching machine would be able to do pinpointed sequencing of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) of portions of the human genome.
This would, in effect, mean faster and cheaper method of getting the desired genetic information from the sample of an individual. At present, DNA sequencers rapidly sequence the entire genome, giving out large amounts of data.
The DNA sequencer, called ‘Sure Select’, will be globally launched, including in India in the next 2-3 months, said Chris Grimley, Senior Marketing Director (Genomics), of Agilent Technologies Life Sciences Unit.
The machine would have the ability to sequence DNA in a massively parallel manner as well as easily target specific regions of the genomes under study, he said
Agilent Technologies is amongst the leaders in high throughput DNA sequencers. It had acquired Velocity XI, US towards the end of 2007 to enhance its robotic capabilities, he told Business Line here on Monday.
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