Elizabeth Holmes testified that she reached out to the U.S. military about roles for her Theranos Inc. blood-testing machines, but she didn’t offer any response to allegations she had falsely claimed the devices were deployed in helicopters and on the battlefield.Holmes, under early questioning at her criminal fraud trial in California, told jurors on Monday that Theranos made contact with the Department of Defense in 2008 and 2009 for various projects, including one to determine “whether there were markers in the blood that could predict PTSD.” The research was also aimed at detecting diabetes and infections in blood, she said, adding that she’d met with a colonel in Texas who was overseeing research programs.Asked by her attorney if goals to arrive at a Defense Department contract were successful, Holmes said they weren’t. Her lawyer then quickly moved her to testimony about a successful research program Theranos did with Stanford University to study sepsis, and other such programs with pharmaceutical companies.
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