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In theory lab on chip testing may reduce costs greatly, yes. The harder(or maybe impossible) part is collecting clean samples from the fingertip. But maybe the
by petra 11y ago
In theory lab on chip testing may reduce costs greatly, yes.
The harder(or maybe impossible) part is collecting clean samples from the fingertip. But maybe theranos will pivot to collect blood via veins, at least for now ?
That of course will reduce their valuation greatly(because people hate vein-puncture, so no frequent blood testing scenarios), but the cheap price could be very valuable to third world countries.
But again, that's just theory.
- sandGorgon 11y agoUmm.. How much do you think a blood test costs in India? http://m.upto75.com/Thyrocare/m/6693/Sale_Offer.html http://m.upto75.com/Thyrocare/m/6693/Sale_Offer.html is a set of 32 tests that costs roughly 14$ . and this is the most expensive company there is. The only tech that could make this better is fingertip testing.
- pkaye 11y agoYou can get something similar for around $50 in the US also by directly going to the labs.
- vixen99 11y agoRomania: set of basic tests for equivalent of $20. In Britain it's free if your doctor orders it else it seems to be much pricier. Incidentally I noticed that https://www.medichecks.com/ https://www.medichecks.com/ offer " Finger-prick - comprehensive entry-level health screen" analysis for $142. Someone should investigate!
- petra 11y agoYou couldn't probably get complex antibody based tests for such prices. And i've read research about labs-on-chip(theranos like tech) with a price of much less than a cent, per test and it should apply to antibodies.
- mbreese 11y agoIt isn't the cleanliness of samples from the fingertip that is the issue, it's the consistency of the samples. The volume of blood that you get from a finger prick is just too small to get consistent results for the majority of tests.
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