I’ve heard of PCR before (polymerase chain reaction) where more copies of a DNA sample can be rapidly made. If the problem was that the quantity of blood that Theranos uses is too small, why wasn’t PCR used/ (if it was) why didn’t it work?
Also if I’m completely misunderstanding PCR, if someone could for that too, I’d appreciate it, thank you!
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It was promising to detect multiple kind of diseases and predict them before ocurring to any patient by the use of a nano-technology.
When Elizabeth Holmes was taken into a conference with experts and scientist in the matter, they all figure out that it was a complete false invention as she kept invading the important questions specially about numbers. There was a part when she was asked about how many numbers specifically and she couldn’t tell and kept going circles in her argument.
Most expert in the matter kept emphasising that a tiny little drop of blood wont be enough to fun studies in short amount of time that it will not yield to any positive results.
Additionally when her invention was compared to others, it was proven defective and with inaccuracies and she was actually using the technologies that were being in use by competitors.
I’ve heard of PCR before (polymerase chain reaction) where more copies of a DNA sample can be rapidly made. If the problem was that the quantity of blood that Theranos uses is too small, why wasn’t PCR used/ (if it was) why didn’t it work?
Also if I’m completely misunderstanding PCR, if someone could for that too, I’d appreciate it, thank you!
In: 148
It was promising to detect multiple kind of diseases and predict them before ocurring to any patient by the use of a nano-technology.
When Elizabeth Holmes was taken into a conference with experts and scientist in the matter, they all figure out that it was a complete false invention as she kept invading the important questions specially about numbers. There was a part when she was asked about how many numbers specifically and she couldn’t tell and kept going circles in her argument.
Most expert in the matter kept emphasising that a tiny little drop of blood wont be enough to fun studies in short amount of time that it will not yield to any positive results.
Additionally when her invention was compared to others, it was proven defective and with inaccuracies and she was actually using the technologies that were being in use by competitors.
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