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>can run a complete blood-cell count I'm not a biologist but getting a "count" seems way easier and more realistic than Theranos' claims of reliably detecting
by jasode 9y ago
>can run a complete blood-cell count
I'm not a biologist but getting a "count" seems way easier and more realistic than Theranos' claims of reliably detecting diabetes, heart disease, cancer from a single prick of blood. Therefore, I'm not surprised that Sequoia backed them even though Theranos may have poisoned the well for other bio-tech startups.
- killjoywashere 9y agoautomated diff counters are relatively new compared to chemistry analyzers (diabetes, heart disease). Cancer is a whole 'nother league.
- EpicEng 9y agoAnd perhaps already accomplished? (with FDA approval) https://www.medonic.se/products/ https://www.medonic.se/products/ Don't know if they're going beyond the capabilities there, I'd have to assume they are.
- jforman 9y ago"Not available for sales in the USA" And these are point-of-care devices, not DTC devices. There are a lot of POC diagnostics devices out there and very few DTC diagnostic devices.
- EpicEng 9y agoHuh. Well, my company performs cancer diagnostics using blood samples and we use a Medonic to get a WBC count prior to processing and image analysis.