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Organovo Halts Liver Tissue R&D, Plans Restructuring to Cut Costs

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Organovo says it has run out of money to advance its efforts to develop 3-D “patches” of living human liver tissue to tide over people waiting for an organ transplant. In the meantime, the company built a business as a contract research organization around its 3-D human tissue cultures, which pharma companies have used.

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Organovo to Test “Patches” for Patients Awaiting Liver Transplants

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San Diego-based Organovo (NASDAQ: ONVO ) said today it plans to use its 3D bio-printing technology to produce living human liver tissue “patches” that can be transplanted in patients with fatal liver disease. liver transplant waiting list. liver transplant waiting list.

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Interview with Gus Ezcurra, Advanced Telemetry

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Last month, San Diego-based Advanced Telemetry (www.advancedtelemetry.com) announced that the company had scored a Series B round of funding from clean technology investor Quercus Trust and 21Ventures, for the firm's energy monitoring solutions. Gus Ezcurra: We started the company about two years ago, in August of 2007.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Christopher Brereton is one of the founders and lead guru of PictureHealing , a company that develops community, awareness and support through photo sharing on iPhones. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.