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The embattled biotech firm Theranos has introduced a new blood testing product, as its CEO deflected criticism of the company's previous blood tests:
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes made an appearance at a scientific convention today, but it wasn't to allay the many concerns about the company's previous blood tests, the results of which were thrown out earlier this year. Holmes also chose not to address the federal criminal and civil investigations against her company, instead announcing a new Theranos product: a blood-testing kit that could serve as the successor to its controversial Edison machines.
Speaking at the the annual meeting for the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Holmes said the new machine — called the Theranos Sample Processing Unit, or "miniLab" — was the size of a computer printer, and will be able to run a battery of tests on just 160 microliters of blood taken from a pricked finger. She showed clinical data that detailed 11 tests miniLab can run on blood samples, including one for the Zika virus, but the company says that it can run up to 40 tests. A source told The Wall Street Journal that so many tests could not be run on the same blood, and that patients would need to provide three or four samples.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Capt. Obvious on Wednesday August 03 2016, @09:22PM
This product sounds revolutionary and unprecedented! Good thing this company has such a good reputation for innovation!
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday August 03 2016, @09:30PM
Fool me once, shame on my junior middle manager.
Fool me twice, shame on my junior VP.
Fool me a hundred times ... well ... err... you can't fool me!
How much did you say we'll save next quarter?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @01:48AM
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(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Thursday August 04 2016, @03:20AM
Why is Holmes not in prison? Why is she still working at Theranos? Why is she the CEO? Why is she announcing another miracle product that's basically identical to their first one?
No, seriously. Wasn't she issued a sanction or something that forbids her from working in the industry? Who the hell do they expect to buy this thing? Did they not get FDA approval for this, again?
Question after question after question.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 04 2016, @09:46AM
In other news, today the current government (which is functionally the same as the previous government) started a war against ... someone in order to distract from serious problems at home. Look! Its our enemy who wants to take your freedoms etc. To convince you, we will now run a false flag operation or three. That should help you forget about the problems that affect you.