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Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos | 60 Minutes Archive
13 minutes Posted Oct 16, 2026 at 8:00 pm.
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Elizabeth Holmes claimed her start-up, Theranos, would revolutionizing blood testing, taking a pin-prick of blood and performing hundreds of laboratory tests. But as Norah O'Donnell reported in 2018, Theranos' machine never delivered on its promise, and Holmes is currently serving an 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors.