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The Rise and Fall of Theranos

The last few months have witnessed the unraveling of the remarkable life sciences company Theranos, culminating in the latest news that federal regulators may ban founder Elizabeth Holmes from the blood-testing industry for at least two years. The company is also facing a federal criminal investigation into whether it misled investors about its technology and company operations.

How has this widely acclaimed biomedical innovator fallen so far, so fast?

Theranos' revolutionary claim that won over investors was that it could accurately run tests using a small amount of blood taken from a poke in the patient’s finger, instead of a syringe…

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 The Rise and Fall of Theranos

How did the innovative blood-testing company fall so far, so fast?

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