Out for blood: the Theranos trial
The Intelligence from The Economist 
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<p>Elizabeth Holmes founded a big blood-testing startup; her claims were founded on very little. As her <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/the-trial-of-elizabeth-holmes-gets-under-way/21804091?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">trial begins</a> we ask how the company got so far before it all crumbled. Research on primates is increasingly frowned upon in the West, leaving a <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/07/24/neuroscientific-research-on-monkeys-is-ethically-troubling-but-vital?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">strategic opportunity</a> in places such as China. And lessons in a lost novel by French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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