Theranos’s invention never would have worked. Here’s why. | Theranos Trial Ep. 2

Episode 1: Defrauding investors: $945M lost, who's to blame?    • Defrauding investors: $945M lost, who...  
Episode 3: The creation of Elizabeth Holmes and the fall of Theranos    • The creation of Elizabeth Holmes and ...  

Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty of four out of 11 federal charges relating to wire fraud, deceiving investors by making unsubstantiated claims about her revolutionary Edison machine. But that machine never would have worked — at least not in the way Holmes intended. Still, other promising companies are continuing to make progress with blood diagnostics that can do more with smaller volumes of blood,. Here’s what’s really possible.

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