Theranos: First Blood Part II (archive.is)

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Original Title: Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up

Billy Evans has two children with the Theranos founder, who is in prison for fraud. He’s now trying to raise money for a testing company that promises “human health optimization.”

Original link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/business/elizabeth-holmes-partner-blood-testing-startup.html

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[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 4 points 4 days ago

Ah, yes, medicine. A field without regulations

Okay but there's is a rather large chance there will be no regulations by end of 2025 once RFK has his fun, so they're just ahead of their time

[-] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 1 points 3 days ago

yeah it's going to be the same scam only this time without those pesky regulators checking to see if it actually works and spooking the investors

this post was submitted on 10 May 2025

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