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Lavish praise, then a quick ouster for star U scientist – Miromatrix Medical Inc.

April 10, 2011 /

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In glossy magazines, TV ads and special appearances, the University of Minnesota has promoted Doris Taylor as a brilliant star.

Her groundbreaking research that led to the reanimation of an animal heart has been saluted by Hillary Clinton and Barbra Streisand, and hailed by the university as one of its most promising discoveries.

But just five months after publicly vaulting Taylor into business to commercialize her technology, the university quietly fired her from the board of the company she founded. Now the taxpayer-supported firm on which the U has pinned big hopes is trying to survive its start-up phase without its star scientist.

Miromatrix Medical Inc. http://www.miromatrix.com/

Article by: TONY KENNEDY , Star Tribune

Full Story: http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/119541729.html

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