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Theranos ignores scandal and shows off new blood testing machine : theverge





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Theranos ignores scandal and shows off new blood testing machine

Theranos ignores scandal and shows off new blood testing machine
Theranos ignores scandal and shows off new blood testing machine
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.Holmes presented results from 11 testsSpeaking 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.


not to mention indianexpress

Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes faces critics, presents new product plans

Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes faces critics, presents new product plans
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes faces critics, presents new product plans
CEO Elizabeth Holmes described new technologies that she said were "distinct from the operations of our clinical laboratories" that have come under scrutiny.(Source: Reuters) CEO Elizabeth Holmes described new technologies that she said were "distinct from the operations of our clinical laboratories" that have come under scrutiny.(Source: Reuters)The chief executive of embattled Theranos Inc on August 1 presented plans for a new product and said the blood testing company was working diligently to rectify all of its outstanding issues involving its product and laboratory operations.


coupled with engadget

Theranos intros new 'fingerprick' testing tech despite its woes

Theranos intros new 'fingerprick' testing tech despite its woes
Theranos intros new 'fingerprick' testing tech despite its woes
What they got instead was the announcement of a brand new device different from its old Edison machine.WSJ's sources said Theranos barely used Edison, because the results it produced weren't always accurate.But just like Edison, the miniLab was also designed to test for a variety of illnesses, including Zika, using just a drop of blood.


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