Ian Gibbons (biochemist)

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Ian Gibbons (March 6, 1946 – May 23, 2013) was a British biochemist and molecular biology researcher who served as the chief scientist of the American company Theranos, which was founded by Elizabeth Holmes. He had a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, and was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. For more than 30 years, Gibbons performed research in medical therapeutics and diagnostic testing prior to joining Theranos in 2005. Gibbons attempted to raise issues with Holmes, and Theranos' management, about the inaccuracy of their testing devices — to no avail. In 2013, Gibbons intentionally overdosed on acetaminophen the night before he was scheduled to be deposed in a lawsuit related to Theranos. He was hospitalized for several days and died from liver failure. Theranos collapsed in 2018 after journalist John Carreyrou revealed in The Wall Street Journal that its supposedly revolutionary blood testing devices, requiring only a fingerstick...

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