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If only there were a medical device company capable or cheap blood test processing to disrupt and innovate this field:^)
by drharby 8y ago
If only there were a medical device company capable or cheap blood test processing to disrupt and innovate this field:^)
- caseymarquis 8y agoIs that the actual constraint on the system though? Are existing technologies not up to the task? Or are we failing to build a system like this with existing technology even though it's possible. Would a robotic assembly line with existing medical testing technologies be possible?
- DoreenMichele 8y agoA lot of the constraints are social ("political"). Historically, if you got VD -- back when it was called that -- they took the names of all your recent sex partners, tracked them down and notified them and treated them. It was a system that was fairly effective. Then AIDS came along and was associated with homosexuality and IV drug use. For understandable reasons, such people didn't want to name names. So the mantra became "we need better drugs." That general line of reasoning seems to be a trend. We can't do x, y or z because reasons, and then we don't actually have an answer, basically. Hopefully, that will change.
- cheesymuffin 8y agoHe's making a funny joke about Theranos. That said most routine tests are pretty cheap. A stool culture with isolation where I am is $135 if you're paying cash at the lab. A lipid panel was well under $50. It's just that you'd need to see a gastroenterologist, pay for her services, hope that she gives you a referral, and see a new one if not. This drives the price in time and money.
- dwighttk 8y agoA- that's still quite a bit of money B- The proposal was to get thousands (millions?) of volunteers to do these tests regularly and speculatively, price won't stay the same