Target-Enrichment Product Portfolio Expanded

Agilent Technologies Inc have expanded its portfolio of target-enrichment products with the introduction of HaloPlex exome kits and SureCall software.

The new additions are designed to complement Agilent’s Web-based SureDesign and custom HaloPlex gene panels to provide a complete, integrated workflow.

“These products simplify the sequencing of clinical research samples,” said Olle Ericsson, Agilent director of marketing for DNA sequencing. “The HaloPlex Exome delivers streamlined capture of all coding exons, with low input sample requirements, on all Illumina sequencing platforms. Together with SureDesign, and the SureCall software, these products constitute a very comprehensive clinical research solution for target enrichment.”

The HaloPlex exome kit comprises about 2.5 million probes to provide efficient and comprehensive coverage of the coding regions of the human genome with minimal hands-on time and requires only 200 ng of input DNA.

“The HaloPlex exome provides an easy workflow for all-exon analysis enabling short turnaround sequencing with low DNA input amounts,” said Dr Wilfred van IJcken, Assistant Professor at Erasmus MC and an early access user.