Comments on: Abbott Labs Acquires Isis Diagnostics Unit for $215M http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2008/12/17/abbott-labs-acquires-isis-diagnostics-unit-for-215m/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Richard http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2008/12/17/abbott-labs-acquires-isis-diagnostics-unit-for-215m/comment-page-1/#comment-43188 Richard Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:27:59 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=7000#comment-43188 It will be great if this sort of diagnostic approach can really work as advertised. So many illnesses travel throughout the population in the winter and never really get identified.'I've got a cold' is heard a lot but rarely is it actually caused by a Rhinovirus. But these 'colds' can have really harmful effects. For instance, there is a nasty 'cold' bug going around now that takes forever to get over. Our immune systems have a hard time fighting it off. I know of two cases that almost developed into pneumonia. But without an easy way to identify the bug, the best people can hope for are a few rounds of Cipro to prevent pneumonia, or other secondary infections, and hope the body eventually fights it off. Rapidly identifying what is causing the problem means we have a better chance of developing tools to fight it. So I hope Abbott can get this device, or one similar, everywhere. It will be great if this sort of diagnostic approach can really work as advertised. So many illnesses travel throughout the population in the winter and never really get identified.’I've got a cold’ is heard a lot but rarely is it actually caused by a Rhinovirus. But these ‘colds’ can have really harmful effects.

For instance, there is a nasty ‘cold’ bug going around now that takes forever to get over. Our immune systems have a hard time fighting it off. I know of two cases that almost developed into pneumonia.

But without an easy way to identify the bug, the best people can hope for are a few rounds of Cipro to prevent pneumonia, or other secondary infections, and hope the body eventually fights it off.

Rapidly identifying what is causing the problem means we have a better chance of developing tools to fight it.

So I hope Abbott can get this device, or one similar, everywhere.

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