'Taking Things Too Far,' Stem Cells, Hype and Ballot Campaigns

Elizabeth “Theranos” Holmes possesses a striking baritone voice and a spiel that was equal to that of Hwang Woo-suk of South Korea and Paolo Macchiarini of Italy.

But there is at least one significant difference. She dealt with the not-so-simple matter of instant blood testing. The other two dealt with the “miracles” of stem cells. But hype and fraud lin…