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Whenever we hear the term blood extraction, it is always accompanied with words such as huge needles and a lot of blood needed. However, a rising healthcare company named Theranos was established in order to create new and effective technologies to make diagnosing an illness with lesser pain, affordable and accessible to all. They had developed “Nanotainer”, which is a technology wherein only a drop of blood is drawn from the patient and it would be enough for 30 tests and assessments.

"This helps make it possible for little children to get tested without being scared, or for elderly patients, oncology patients, people whose veins are difficult to find", as stated by Elizabeth Holmes the inventor of the technology in the article written by
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