23: Big Bloody Scandal - a podcast by The Sci Guys

from 2019-09-23T05:00

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This week the Sci Guys discuss a Steve Jobs wannabe that tricked everyone into thinking she had a revolutionary blood testing device. Jamp and Luke also discover why their blood cells might be a little bit prejudiced.



References and Further Reading


  1. https://www.businessinsider.com/the-history-of-silicon-valley-unicorn-theranos-and-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-2018-5?r=US&IR=T#by-the-end-of-2017-theranos-was-in-need-of-a-cash-infusion-and-made-a-deal-with-fortress-investment-group-for-100-million-in-secured-debt-financing-to-get-it-through-2018-the-deal-relied-on-theranos-hitting-certain-development-milestones-as-it-worked-to-get-its-zika-virus-approved-by-the-fda-33

  2. https://www.businessinsider.com/theranos-founder-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-life-story-bio-2018-4?r=US&IR=T#holmes-family-moved-when-she-was-young-from-washington-dc-to-houston-2

  3. https://www.healthline.com/health/blood-tests

  4. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/blood-tests

  5. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/blood-tests/

  6. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/196001.php

  7. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=160&ContentID=36


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