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microgiant t1_iz9da4r wrote

I wonder if the Theranos debacle made it harder for these people to get research funding.

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Careful_icarus22 t1_iz9eln9 wrote

I was just about to say a woman just went to jail making claims like that. How many times do you think they checked their work before saying it out loud.

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molybend t1_iz9jbeq wrote

She got sentenced recently but doesn't have to report to jail until the spring.

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Alan_Smithee_ t1_izapyel wrote

That’s very sporting of them.

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CatManDontDo t1_izb2fd0 wrote

No one wants to pay for this lady to have a baby in prison

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Alan_Smithee_ t1_izb5rnm wrote

Oh she was up the duff? I imagine that’s no coincidence. How convenient for her.

Is she at least under house arrest, not as part of her sentence?

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DigNitty t1_iza00cf wrote

Well she didn’t only make the claim. The sentence should be “a woman may see a jail cell one day after defrauding many people with claims that were proven to be knowingly false.”

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SlouchyGuy t1_iza44a8 wrote

Not really, Theranos suggested completely innovative method that didn't require reagents and multiple tests and tested for everything. This one is a traditional testing method

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_DirtyDog t1_izfi0wl wrote

You mean new method. Innovative implies it was both new and good.

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Fryceratops t1_iz9lxnz wrote

It might have unless they approached people who are experts in the field for money. Theranos targeted people who wouldn't know that they were stating that they could do the impossible.

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TK-741 t1_izc0jx6 wrote

Was about to say.. where have I heard this before?

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