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Youngest self-made female billionaire takes high-tech approach to blood testing

Name: Youngest self-made female billionaire takes high-tech approach to blood testing
Uploaded: 2015-04-16T08:32:00-0400
Duration: 5 min 52 s
Description: Elizabeth Holmes is being compared to visionaries like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Holmes founded a biotech company called Theranos in 2003, and her mission is to allow blood testing in every drugstore at a fraction of Medicare costs. Norah O'Donnell reports on how her tiny invention is reshaping health care.

Elizabeth Holmes is being compared to visionaries like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Holmes founded a biotech company called Theranos in 2003, and her mission is to allow blood testing in every drugstore at a fraction of Medicare costs. Norah O'Donnell reports on how her tiny invention is reshaping health care.