r/DepthHub • u/SorbettoAlcolico • 23d ago

u/kellysouthpaw explains how the Theranos blood-sampling claims have never been considered possible by field experts

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u/thisracetodie 23d ago

The YouTube channel Coffee and Cults did a pretty decent breakdown about this and goes a lot more into Theranos and Holmes own lies and how the machine will never work. If anyone has a couple hours to kill it's a decent watch:

https://youtu.be/xXF1NDn9I5o?si=zPT5Kmk3IJZlhci0

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u/SorbettoAlcolico 23d ago

I was doubting whether to post this, but let me produce two examples of (in my opinion) similar depth posts that have been up (and upvoted) for some time:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DepthHub/s/QBm49xGq8W
https://www.reddit.com/r/DepthHub/s/gnC0Sm0Ulz
But then again, feel free to disagree and report :)

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u/megz0rz 20d ago

Half the things she says she could measure are super tricky with giant 2 million dollar instruments and lots of wet lab prep.