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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK but did Elizabeth have a scientific concept to support the ability to do this?

Anything more than- wouldn't it be cool if it was one drop of a blood into a machine that super analyzed it immediately?

If Siemens could shrink and speed up their machines, they would have. What was the breakthough she was bringing to the table?

I feel like my 9 year old could come up with the concept. I realize I'm being snarky here but really I'm totally ignorant about all of this I just don't get it.[/quote]

The impression I get from the show (and I listened to the podcast and saw the HBO show, but long ago), was that her credibility was a house of cards that started with her using her little bit of knowledge and charm to get in on that chem lab at Stanford, then when she had her idea, she used her relationships there to start Theranos. Then the Stanford people's involvement in her company gave credibility to initial investors, which gave credibility to big tech names, high profile investors, and so on. IOW, she used every relationship/investment/PR bit to snag the next bigger/higher profile thing. It's really pretty breathtaking when you see it all laid out.[/quote]

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