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tissue bank
(redirected from Biomedical tissue)

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tissue bank,
a facility for storing and maintaining a collection of tissues for future use in transplants.

tissue bank
A repository of cadaveric tissues destined for transplantation; banked tissues include arteries, BM, cartilage, cornea, dura mater, fascia, heart valves, pericardium, semen, skin, tendons, veins. See LifeNet case.


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The mastermind of the scheme, Michael Mastromarino, prior owner of Biomedical Tissue Services of Fort Lee, N.
The harvested parts were supplied through his company Biomedical Tissue Services, along with forged consent forms, to several companies trading in human donor material for transplants which in turn shipped them to medical institutions around the world.
Mastromarino, who ran a company called Biomedical Tissue Services, is already facing charges in New York for allegedly plundering 1,077 bodies, including those from Philadelphia.
 
 
 
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