BUFFALO, NY and NEW YORK, NY Empire Genomics, LLC and Enzo Life Sciences (ENZ) today announced the availability of custom labeled FISH probes based on high quality and widely used BAC libraries and DNA labeling technologies respectively. These new products will allow researchers and clinicians the ability to identify novel chromosome aberrations and validate array CGH results.

Empire Genomics’ access to the Roswell Park BAC clones serve as the base material for creating the custom FISH probes. Empire distributes BAC/PAC libraries from multiple species such as Human, Mouse, Porcine and Chimpanzee to name a few.

Labeling of BAC DNA from clone libraries is performed as a custom service using Enzo Life Sciences’ fluorescent dye labeled nucleotides and Nick Translation System. Customers can choose among five different colors comprised of eight distinct dyes for a multiplexed approach to FISH probe analysis. Conversely, BAC DNAs and labeling kits can be ordered separately for customers interested in labeling probes.

“This represents yet another step to complement our high resolution aCGH and genomic products,” said Anthony Johnson, President and CEO of Empire Genomics. “We are looked to as the leader in BAC DNA products and this is something we have been asked to provide for quite some time. We are very pleased to help remove a crucial labeling step for our customers and look forward to continually working to reduce variability, costs and time in experiments, partnering with Enzo allows us to do this and maintain the same high quality requirements our customers expect.”

“Empire Genomics’ expertise, industry leading position and excellent reputation in genomic technologies and systems biology makes the company an ideal business partner,” stated Carl W. Balezentis, Ph.D. President, Enzo Life Sciences. “This relationship is a perfect example of two companies working together to leverage the core competencies of each to support a key market need.”

These products address a current unmet need of clinical researchers. As a result, the custom labeling service will permit more comprehensive analysis of chromosomal abnormalities while reducing the user error possible from performing the labeling step in the lab.

For more information about the new custom labeled products please visit www.empiregenomics.com or www.enzolifesciences.com