Theranos TM and the golden opportunity to revolutionize our diagnostic and pharmaceutical industries.. Elizabeth Holmes, the multi-billionaire young and bold founder of company about 10
Trang 1Theranos TM and the golden opportunity to
revolutionize our diagnostic and pharmaceutical
industries
Liem Phan
TheranosTM and its novel diagnostic device are
taking the world of diagnostics and pharmaceutical
industries by storm Ms Elizabeth Holmes, the
multi-billionaire young and bold founder of
company about 10 years ago in California at the
age of 19 With her determination to make disease
diagnosis and health screenings more affordable,
more accurate, faster and less painful, Holmes and
her colleagues at Theranos, have developed
innovative apparatus combining microfluidics
technology, nanotechnology, and biotechnology
According to Theranos, these creative
lab-on-a-chips are able to deliver precise and rapid
diagnostic results for a variety of disease
biomarkers and health monitoring parameters at
much lower costs compared to the prices of
current services on the market Moreover,
Theranos' chips only need tiny amounts of blood
samples to perform complex lab tests, which
significantly facilitate the sample collection,
storage and transport procedures In addition,
Holmes and her teams also invented a new method
to collect blood from patients with almost no pain
Holmes expects that with this quasi-painless blood
collection procedure, and the advantages of
Theranos' novel platform, affordability, speed,
accuracy and excellent services, patients will
finally feel much more comfortable with lab tests
than before
Furthermore, Theranos has integrated
information technology in their service to quickly
deliver digital diagnostic results to patients and
their healthcare teams This is a smart strategy that
may significantly improve healthcare However,
the confidentiality of patients and their health
records should be considered a top priority for
Theranos This young and innovative startup is
currently backed by multiple prestigious investors,
including Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle Corporation Theranos has recently made their appearance in multiple media channels such as BBC, Fortune, USA Today, Fox, Tech Crunch, among others The company has signed a deal with Walgreens Inc., to establish TheranosTM Wellness Centers across the US, bringing Theranos's services closer to customers
Ms Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO, founder and chairman of Theranos TM (Picture credit:
Theranos)
inventions could be well beyond the field of diagnostics In fact, their devices can also be used
to monitor in real time the physiological responses
of our bodies to medications, which may remarkably accelerate therapy development in pharmaceutical industry and enable physicians to quickly determine optimal treatment plans for patients Although it is still early to fully evaluate the potentials and capacities of Theranos' ground breaking devices, the fascinating story of Ms Elizabeth Holmes, another Stanford dropout and pioneering entrepreneur, is certainly an inspiring example for our young generations
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