Fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) is a molecular technique that uses fluorochrome-labelled nucleic acid probes to visualise and map the location of specific nucleic acid sequences in cells or tissues. FISH is a powerful tool in molecular genetics and is used for a variety of purposes, such as gene mapping, detecting chromosome abnormalities and analysing gene expression.
In molecular pathology, FISH is a highly valuable technique as it allows pathologists and molecular experts to analyse a range of genetic abnormalities such as aneuploidies, microdeletions, duplications and inversions present in many forms of cancer.
Vitro produces and markets a full range of diagnostic products based on fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH), providing full automation of the entire process.
Automating FISH with VitroStainer significantly improves efficiency, reproducibility and accuracy in sample processing, especially in medical and diagnostic laboratory settings.