Affymetrix (NASDAQ: AFFX) introduces GeneChip® WT Pico Kit for gene expression array target preparation from as little as 100 pg of total RNA input. Working with as few as 10 cells, the new kit offers a high degree of flexibility and precision, enabling analyses of samples too small for other methods as well as the interrogation of small subpopulations of cells within larger samples. This is particularly important to the study of heterogeneous solid tumor samples, hematologic malignancies, and other precious samples.
For use with Affymetrix’ GeneChip Whole-Transcriptome (WT) Arrays, the new WT Pico Kit is compatible with small sample isolation techniques, including flow cytometry, laser capture microdissection, and fine needle aspiration. The kit prepares targets from multiple sample types, including fresh and fresh frozen tissues, cultured cells, FFPE specimens, and whole blood samples without a globin mRNA reduction step. The use of a single kit for multiple sample types ...
