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Seems there is a huge opportunity for startups to understand and fix our guts. A Theranos of gut testing, where you can find out if you have biomarkers that nee
by proee 1y ago
Seems there is a huge opportunity for startups to understand and fix our guts. A Theranos of gut testing, where you can find out if you have biomarkers that need adjusted from your stool sample.
- andy99 1y agoDidn't YC have this, and it turned out to literally be the Theranos of gut testing. MyBiome or something? Will look. Found: (the company is uBiome) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBiome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBiome In 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged two of the cofounders (Jessica Richman and Zachary Apte) with defrauding investors.[4][5] The couple were also charged with federal crimes including conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering.[6] Since 2021, the FBI has considered the founders to be fugitives.
- lesuorac 1y ago> According to company insiders, the company often repeatedly billed patients without their consent and pressured doctors to approve tests. Is it really impossible to do all these stuff ethically? Not a doctor but it really seems possible to just take stuff from people and throw it under a really good microscope and have a computer analyze it. You'd need some large capital costs for the microscopes but the consumable portion should be pretty limited to glass slides (plastic?). One of these days I guess I need to spend time on gov auctions or something to find a suitable microscope ...