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WSJ: Theranos sent faulty test results to patients
News for blood testing startup Theranos just keeps getting worse. After plenty of very public drama and mishaps, the Wall Street Journal is now reporting that federal investigators have found that poor quality control led to inaccurate test results. To make matters worse, the report appears to suggest Theranos was aware the tests were unreliable, but sent the results to 81 patients anyway, putting them in "immediate jeopardy." Theranos disputes this number, telling Engadget the actual number of impacted patients was less than 40, and that it has "no reason to believe that these issues have affected patients' health," according to the new director of the Newark, CA lab at the heart of the investigation, Dr. Kingshuk Das.
