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New Products: Agilent Technologies' Custom Oligo FISH Probes

Jul 23, 2014
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Agilent Technologies last week introduced custom-designed oligonucleotide probes for fluorescence in situ hybridization experiments. The new offering pairs Agilent's oligo library synthesis capability for FISH with its SureDesign online application, which enables researchers to design unique FISH probes, microarrays, and target enrichment libraries, as well as sample various designs prior to placing an order.

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