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Ads Highlight Different Aspects Of Health Reform Debate
A coalition of union and liberal groups began running television ads designed to get "the attention of one particular television viewer: Sen. Kay Hagan," The Greensboro (N.C.) News & Record reports.
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Kennedy Plan Skips Contentious Issues, Still Angers GOP
The first detailed health reform proposal "got off to a rocky start Tuesday," as "even moderate Republicans" attacked a draft bill by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Democrats from his Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, the Los Angeles Times reports. Many of the proposals goals are "broadly shared by lawmakers of both parties," but GOP legislators complained they were excluded from the drafting process and that the Democrats are rushing reform.
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Siemens Corporate Research Develops RAPID2 System For Fast Discovery Of Discriminative Pathogen Signatures
Siemens Corporate Research (SCR), Inc. announced that it developed the RAPID2 system to speed the biomarker discovery process for the development of rapid diagnostic tests. This system marries the power of information technology with today"s improved genomic sequencing to quickly identify genomic signatures unique to the set of organisms to be detected. These signatures are the foundation for a new generation of molecular diagnostic tests for the rapid detection of healthcare-associated infections such as the potentially deadly Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA).