Agilent Technologies tool used to sequence entire gene map

Agilent Technologies has announced that scientists have sequenced the entire gene map of a Korean man using one of the firm’s custom-designed comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH) arrays.

The study, which has been published in the periodical Nature, is called A highly annotated whole-genome sequence of a Korean individual.

It is the second Korean genome to the mapped in recent months and the seventh complete human genome that has been published in the last two years.

Commenting on the study, Dr Charles Lee, one of the researchers of trial, said: "We developed and used a customised, high-resolution copy number variants (CNV) array set, manufactured by Agilent, containing 24 million oligonucleotide probes."

Meanwhile, Agilent senior marketing director of Genomics Chris Grimley said the company’s CNV microarrays offer the highest specificity and sensitivity of any platform.

In recent days, the company announced the launch of the SureSelect DNA Capture Array, which is designed specifically for smaller studies.