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Stanford Medicine creates Theranos-like test using single drop of blood
Becker's Hospital Review ^ | January 24, 2023 | Giles Bruce

Posted on 01/25/2023 6:18:13 AM PST by buckalfa

Researchers at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine have developed a Theranos-like test that screens for health measures using a single drop of blood.

The approach, relayed in a Jan. 19 study in Nature Biomedical Engineering, combines a finger-prick device with multiomics technologies that assess a variety of proteins, fats, metabolism byproducts, and inflammatory markers.

"Even more importantly, we've shown you can collect the blood drop at home and mail it into the lab," said Michael Snyder, PhD, director of the Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine and senior author of the study, in a Jan. 19 university news release.

While not naming Theranos, which famously claimed to have revolutionized blood testing before its leaders were convicted of fraud, the release noted that the "research sounds similar to a well-known approach promoted in the past for testing a single drop of blood." However, this technique employs mass spectrometry molecule-sorting technology rather than replicating existing diagnostic tests, and the data analysis is done in a lab instead of a portable box.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: bloodtest; stanford; theranos
What could possibly go wrong? Or with apologies to Mr. Berra, deja vu all over again.
1 posted on 01/25/2023 6:18:13 AM PST by buckalfa
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To: buckalfa

The problem these days is that scientists will fudge results to keep grant money flowing.

The trust is gone.


2 posted on 01/25/2023 6:20:27 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: buckalfa

Interesting in the fact that the former Theranos HQ in Palo Alto is now Stanford building.


3 posted on 01/25/2023 6:21:53 AM PST by Psycho_Runner (Have a good day, unless you have other plans.)
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To: Psycho_Runner

former Theranos HQ in Palo Alto is now Stanford building.

So someone left documents in a closet?


4 posted on 01/25/2023 7:31:52 AM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL )
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To: buckalfa

Since it might lead to prevention of diseases the globalists do not want prevented, I expect it will go nowhere.


5 posted on 01/25/2023 7:35:39 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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