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Theranos CEO Set To Present Technology At Prestigious Scientific Conference
Elizabeth Holmes' slated conference speech is drawing mixed reactions, with some willing to listen, but others outraged at the idea. “Would you have Al Capone come and talk about his novel accounting practices?” asked Geoff Baird, a clinical pathologist. “Is it acceptable to allow someone to talk about science if they’ve used that science so horribly inappropriately?”
After more than a decade of evasion, Theranos is finally stepping into the scientific spotlight. And that’s creating quite a stir. Elizabeth Holmes, the turtleneck-clad CEO of the once dazzling diagnostics startup, is slated to deliver the first comprehensive rundown of the science behind Theranos’s blood tests on Monday, in front of industry professionals at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry conference in Philadelphia. (Keshavan, 7/29)
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