The meteoric ascent and equally dramatic fall of Theranos has been covered prolifically in the media. Presented as an ambitious inventor gone rogue, the discursive construction of the Theranos scandal in popular media and in the biomedical community reifies tired narratives of the role of ethics in science and engineering fields more generally: narratives that emphasizes individual integrity and common sense rather than the structures and norms that leave scientists and engineers vulnerable to ethical quandaries. In this short critical engagement, I argue that the ways Theranos has been captured obscures important conversations about ethics in bioscience and biotechnology, both in the private sector and in university spaces. I call for STS scholars to engage with scientists and engineers to imagine ways to structurally embed ethics and justice in future technoscientific endeavors.

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Theranos的经验教训：科学和工程学中个人伦理的叙事变化

Theranos的迅速上升和同样戏剧性的衰落已在媒体上广为报道。塞拉诺斯丑闻被描述为野心勃勃的发明家，在大众媒体和生物医学界的话语构造使一般性的伦理学在科学和工程领域的叙述变得疲惫：叙述强调个人完整性和常识，而不是强调使科学家和工程师容易受到道德困境困扰的结构和规范。在短短的批判性参与中，我认为捕获Theranos的方式掩盖了有关私营部门和大学空间中有关生物科学和生物技术伦理学的重要对话。