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Theranos claimed to be able to perform hundreds of medical tests using just a few drops of blood, which was ultimately exposed as a technological fraud.
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UnverifiedTheranos was founded in 2003 and claimed to have developed a revolutionary blood testing technology capable of performing hundreds of medical tests using just a few drops of fingertip blood.74% similarUnverifiedTheranos's Edison blood-testing device promised to perform more than 200 medical tests using just a few drops of blood from a fingertip.68% similarUnverifiedA 2015 investigation by Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou revealed that Theranos's core device could not perform the functions it had promised, and that the company was actually using conventional commercial blood analyzers to conduct tests.63% similar
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