What's Up With Theranos ???

Some strange goings-on have been plaguing Theranos. You can read about some of it here:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-10-27/beginning-end-theranos

Their disruptive technology soon may be disrupted itself.

Update - Here is another perspective of the situation:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/business/the-narrative-frays-for-theranos-and-elizabeth-holmes.html

My review of her patents suggested to me that it was her concept which had been granted a patent and that working prototypes of her device(s) had not yet been developed. That possibility might explain what is now going on.

By the way, a finger prick can hurt a lot more than a properly executed venous puncture. There are many more nerves in your finger tips than in the skin over most veins.

I also question whether peripheral blood is representative of one's overall blood volume. I can see how her method would work well with go/no-go tests (e.g., do you harbor a particular protein in your blood) but perhaps not work well with tests that measure the concentration of a substance in your blood.

Spoken from the perspective of a former lab tech who has done many finger pricks, venous punctures, and blood tests.