Before that, he was an officer at Advanced Tissue Sciences, a pioneering biotech in the growth of human organ tissues for transplant.

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Advanced Tissue Sciences, an American biotechnology company, claimed it would soon be able to grow a human heart in the laboratory .

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Advanced Tissue Sciences has partnered with the cosmetic surgery company Inamed imdc (nasdaq: imdc - news - people) to market a line of cosmetic pharmaceuticals.

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