Elizabeth Holmes claimed her company, Theranos, could do 200 tests on a single drop of blood in a minute. She lied; it failed and she is facing fraud charges. Now, there is an HBO documentary about it that also has flaws. Read my post @ScienceBasedMedhttp://bit.ly/2UTwayh
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Replying to @HHSkepDoc @ScienceBasedMed
At the time I didn’t realize just how young she was or that would also have proven this impossible. Biology takes time. No undergrad has had the time to make such a discovery, on their own, and have time to generate any evidence of efficacy. That would be a whole PhD *at least*.
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That fails a basic smell test. Biology isn’t like computer science with universal access to the tools you need. She would need money, reagents, access to biologic samples, complex equipment, institution approval, IRBs...most 19 year olds in the lab are washing glassware.
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Then there is chemistry problem. She claiming “chemistries were performed” within the machine but without an explanation for how she revolutionized 200 “chemistries” that are all very disparate. It’s like saying “cure for cancer” when cancer is really 1000s of different diseases.
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I wish I had paid any attention to it at the time as I’m surprised in the failure of due dilligence. I’m not some kind of rare lab genius, but with an MD and a PhD I could have told you about 10 or so technical impossibilities just based on the description and her story.
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As do I. I didn't really even know about this until the proverbial shit hit the fan.
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We should offer a bullshit detection consulting service to silicon valley.
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