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Theranos is an American privately held health-technology and medical-laboratory-services company based in Palo Alto, California that has developed novel approaches for laboratory diagnostic tests using blood.ays later, Theranos received a FDA clearance, also known as a CLIA waiver, to administer its herpes blood test outside a traditional clinical laboratory. This allows the blood test to be administered by non-laboratory personnel and trained workers.
â Being the self-proclaimed leader of a medical revolution can have its downside. Elizabeth Holmes, a 31-year-old Stanford dropout who became a billionaire by starting the blood testing laboratory Theranos, is now waging a public battle to defend her reputation and that of her closely watched Silicon Valley company.er campaign began shortly after two articles published in The Wall Street Journal last week questioned the accuracy of the companyâs blood tests and the extent to which Theranos is using unique technology.