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A comment on Elizabeth Holmes urged employees to hide Theranos’ lab equipment from inspectors. Parent comment
1. The basic equipment they built simply didn't work at all
2. Their workaround trick of getting a finger prick blood draw, dilute it with water and run the test on a Qwest machine produced wrong results.
3. The fundamental approach itself was unviable. You can't get reliable results from a finger prick.
Theranos failed on all fronts except being able to attract investments from non experts.
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1. The basic equipment they built simply didn't work at all
2. Their workaround trick of getting a finger prick blood draw, dilute it with water and run the test on a Qwest machine produced wrong results.
3. The fundamental approach itself was unviable. You can't get reliable results from a finger prick.
Theranos failed on all fronts except being able to attract investments from non experts.