http://www.medtipster.com/members/ Medtipster: have your healthcare and afford it too. en Thu, 17 May 2012 08:47:12 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.medtipster.com/members/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.medtipster.com/members/ http://www.medtipster.com/members/showthread.php?t=2154&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 04:24:09 GMT The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the use for the FilmArray Respiratory Panel, the first test that can simultaneously detect both... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the use for the FilmArray Respiratory Panel, the first test that can simultaneously detect both viral and bacterial causes of respiratory infection from a single sample.

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