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Re:Theranos Is Subject of Criminal Probe by U.S by dv_dt on Monday April 18, 2016 @07:47PM (#11523914)
So if it doesn't work at one drop, if the Theranos sensing/sampling hardware is still good, then the fix would be to mix a large enough sample to present to the sensing system...
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Re:Theranos Is Subject of Criminal Probe by U.S by jonknee on Monday April 18, 2016 @07:48PM (#11523925)
The one drop tech is the only reason Theranos was ever talked about. We already have equipment that works very well with larger samples.
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Re:Theranos Is Subject of Criminal Probe by U.S by dv_dt on Monday April 18, 2016 @08:29PM (#11524093)
You're right, I guess there is the small matter of how much more than a drop is needed. If it's 3 drops, that's much better then 3 vials they they sometimes have to draw for covering a range of tests - but it sounds like it might be much larger then a few drops.
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Re:Theranos Is Subject of Criminal Probe by U.S by JBReefer on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @12:03PM (#11527885)
Even three drops is much more than one drop, if you're pricking my fingers a bunch of times, I'd rather you just did a traditional draw, it won't hurt when I type later.
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