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Theranos is an American privately held health-technology and medical-laboratory-services company based in Palo Alto, California that has developed novel approaches for laboratory diagnostic tests using blood.ays later, Theranos received a FDA clearance, also known as a CLIA waiver, to administer its herpes blood test outside a traditional clinical laboratory. This allows the blood test to be administered by non-laboratory personnel and trained workers.
This Woman Invented a Way to Run 30 Lab Tests on Only One Drop of Blood. Elizabeth Holmes founded Theranos 10 years ago. The company is now bringing its medical testing technology to marketâand itâs a game changer. Mathew Scott (hair and makeup by Raina Antle). Phlebotomy.The plan is to roll out testing centers nationÂ­wide.) Instead of vials of bloodâone for every test neededâTheranos requires only a pinprick and a drop of blood. With that they can perform hundreds of tests, from standard cholesterol checks to sophisticated genetic analyses.