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Combined with the right computational tools, genomic data can uncover unknown pathways to cellular processes. Because few researchers have the resources to develop their own bioinformatics software, companies have stepped in to meet this need. Laura Bonetta reports.
The newly introduced Agilent 5100 Automated Lab-on-a-Chip Platform (ALP) offers a high-throughput system to overcome the limitations of slab gel analysis in protein and DNA sizing and quantitation. Agilent, well established in the classical analytical business providing gas and liquid chromatography as well as mass spectrometry instrumentation, has now moved further into the life sciences with its microarray and microfluidic 'Lab-on-a-Chip' solutions.
The ability to trigger RNA interference in mammalian cells provides unprecedented opportunities for probing the functions of genes. Many products and resources are there to help. Laura Bonetta reports.