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StemCells, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2013 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

NEWARK, Calif., May 9, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM), a leading stem cell company developing and commercializing novel cell-based therapeutics and tools for use in stem cell-based research and drug discovery, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 and provided a business update.

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StemCells, Inc. Announces Webcast to Discuss First Quarter 2013 Financial Results and Business Update

NEWARK, Calif., May 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM), a leading stem cell company developing and commercializing novel cell-based therapeutics and tools for use in stem cell-based research and drug discovery, announced today that it will release financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 after the market close on Thursday, May 9. In connection with this announcement, StemCells will host a conference call and webcast to discuss its results and an update on its business at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) the same day. 

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StemCells, Inc. Adds Byers Eye Institute at Stanford as Second Site for Phase I/II Clinical Trial in Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration

NEWARK, Calif., April 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) today announced the addition of the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford, located in Palo Alto, Calif., as a second site for the Company's Phase I/II clinical trial of its proprietary HuCNS-SC

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StemCells, Inc. to Participate at 2013 Regen Med Investor Day in New York

NEWARK, Calif., April 15, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) announced today that President and CEO Martin McGlynn will present an update on the Company's programs and operations at the

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StemCells, Inc. Enters Agreement to Receive $19.3 Million From California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to Help Fund IND for Alzheimer's Disease

NEWARK, Calif., April 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) under which CIRM will provide approximately $19.3 million to help fund preclinical development and IND-enabling activities of the Company's proprietary HuCNS-SC® product candidate (purified human neural stem cells) for Alzheimer's disease. The funding, which will be in the form of a forgivable loan, was awarded under CIRM's Disease Team Therapy Development Award program (RFA 10-05) in September 2012. The goal of the research will be to file an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration within four years. 

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CORRECTION -- StemCells, Inc. Closes $10 Million Debt Financing

NEWARK, Calif., April 9, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a press release issued under the same headline earlier today by StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM), please note that in the first paragraph of the release, the

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StemCells, Inc. Closes $10 Million Debt Financing

NEWARK, Calif., April 9, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) today announced that it has closed a $10 million debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The loan funds will be used for general corporate purposes, and increase the Company's December 31, 2013

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StemCells, Inc. Expands Patent Portfolio

NEWARK, Calif., March 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) today announced that it has acquired from NsGene A/S, a privately held Danish biotechnology company, a patent family claiming GFAP+ Nestin+ cells, including U.S. Patent Nos. 6,878,543 and 7,303,912 and European patent application 00973148. GFAP and Nestin are proteins that are co-expressed by certain key cells found in the human central nervous system. Each patent claims a cell culture of undifferentiated GFAP+ Nestin+ cells wherein one or more cells have the capacity to differentiate into neurons and glia as do many neural stem and progenitor cells described by researchers. The invention claimed by the patents resulted from research conducted at NsGene while in pursuit of cell-based treatments for Parkinson's disease.  The terms of the patents extend into 2020 and 2021.     

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StemCells, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

NEWARK, Calif., March 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM), a leading stem cell company developing and commercializing novel cell-based therapeutics and tools for use in stem cell-based research and drug discovery, today provided a business update and reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012.

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StemCells, Inc. Announces First Patient Cohort Completes Spinal Cord Injury Trial - Gains in Sensory Function Persist 12 Months After Stem Cell Transplant

NEWARK, Calif., Feb. 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StemCells, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEM) today announced that the twelve-month data from the first patient cohort in the Company's Phase I/II clinical trial of its proprietary HuCNS-SC® product candidate (purified human neural stem cells) for chronic spinal cord injury continued to demonstrate a favorable safety profile, and showed that the considerable gains in sensory function observed in two of the three patients at the six-month assessment have persisted. The third patient remains stable. A summary of the data was presented today by Martin McGlynn, President and CEO, at the 15