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'Bad Blood': New Book Reveals Secrets, Lies And Absurdities At Theranos

Stat offers the juciest -- and strangest -- tidbits from reporter John Carreyrou's new book on the once-promising blood-testing startup.

Stat: ‘Therabros’ And ‘Disappeared’ Staffers: The 8 Juiciest Things We Learned From John Carreyrou’S New Theranos Book

Theranos this week laid off all but about two dozen of its remaining employees — the latest indignity for the once-fabulously rich blood-testing company that’s become a parable for Silicon Valley hubris. As with much of the flood of bad news for Theranos, word of the layoffs came from John Carreyrou, the investigative reporter at the Wall Street Journal who was the first to break the story of the company’s troubles in October 2015 and who later landed a string of Theranos-related scoops. (Robbins, 4/12)

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