
A cardiologist saw the logic of regenerative medicine and asked an audaciously practical question: if cells can rebuild tissue, could they also make dinner? A decade later, Uma Valeti has regulatory clearance, a restaurant debut and the hardest course still ahead - scale.
A former heart doctor traded the cath lab for the bioreactor to grow chicken from cells. He made history, hit a $1 billion valuation, and then ran straight into state legislatures that would rather ban his product than taste it.