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Elizabeth Holmes film enthralls — but her legacy haunts science
NatureFriday, October 23, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Nature, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03383-7 Diagnostic start-ups inch towards the goal of Holmes’s failed company, Theranos, to run a multitude of tests on drops of blood.
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- Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Nature, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03383-7 Diagnostic start-ups inch towards the goal of Holmes’s failed company, Theranos, to run a multitude of tests on drops of blood.
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Nature, Published online: 23 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03383-7 Diagnostic start-ups inch towards the goal of Holmes’s failed company, Theranos, to run a multitude of tests on drops of blood.
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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.
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Nature published: Elizabeth Holmes film enthralls — but her legacy haunts science
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