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it's unfortunate theranos didn't pan out. seems like a technology capable of what was claimed would be incredibly beneficial for diabetics.
by debt 10y ago
it's unfortunate theranos didn't pan out. seems like a technology capable of what was claimed would be incredibly beneficial for diabetics.
- foobarian 10y agoDon't diabetics already have testing tech that works off tiny pinpricks? IIRC the holy grail for diabetics is testing without drawing blood.
- trprog 10y ago>Don't diabetics already have testing tech that works off tiny pinpricks? Yep. Labs can do more comprehensive tests that some diabetics get done periodically but home testing kits work via a finger prick.
- SilasX 10y agoCorrect. Diabetics are only checking for a very narrow metric (glucose levels IIUIC), which is not very sensitive to interference from surface skin cells. That doesn't hold for most of the other things that Theranos was trying to make a test for.
- wavefunction 10y agoCertainly many as-yet fanciful technologies would be incredibly useful for us all.