“I got a call from a source who was a practicing pathologist… he was very skeptical of her claims… that made me willing to look a little bit more into it.”

Hard Fork · Why No One Can Look Away From Elizabeth Holmes

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followed up a New Yorker story with a call from a practicing pathologist source to investigate Theranos claims

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