Imagine walking into your local pharmacy and ordering one of hundreds of blood tests from a menu, no doctor’s note required. You will receive the results in a matter of hours and decide for yourself how to interpret and act on them. That may seem far off, but it’s slowly becoming a reality due to a much-hyped Silicon Valley biotech startup called Theranos, which features Silicon Valley's only female billionaire as its CEO and a star-studded board of directors that haven't stopped the company from being mired in scandal. The company’s rise to prominence and a multi-billion dollar valuation was fueled by the promise of its fast and inexpensive finger-prick blood testing technology. Theranos...
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