BioTime CEO Dr. Michael West to Present at USC Minisymposium: Musculoskeletal Development and Repair

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BioTime CEO Dr. Michael West to Present at USC Minisymposium: Musculoskeletal Development and Repair

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), a biotechnology company that develops and markets products in the field of regenerative medicine, today announced that Chief Executive Officer Michael D. West, PhD will present at the USC Minisymposium: Musculoskeletal Development and Repair conference at the Keck School of Medicine, the University of Southern California, on Monday, May 20, 2013. Dr. West's presentation titled "Derivation of chondrogenic progenitor lines from human embryonic stem cells" is scheduled for 8:30 am PDT. Dr. West will describe BioTime's novel and proprietary PureStemTM technology which allows the industrial scale-up of over 200 different human cell types in a highly purified state from human embryonic stem cells. In addition, Dr. West will present new data on purified and scalable human embryonic progenitors with molecular markers corresponding to limb bud mesenchyme and will show differentiation data on those corresponding to the developing leg. These novel cells differ markedly from adult mesenchymal stem cells and may have novel applications in limb regeneration and the repair of disease and injuries to the weight-bearing joints. The presentation will be made available on BioTime's website at www.biotimeinc.com, and Dr. West discusses the cells in his weekly video update available for viewing at www.biotimeinc.com/video-series/.

The symposium is co-sponsored by the Eli and Edythe Broad Center and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of the University of Southern California.


About BioTime, Inc.

BioTime, headquartered in Alameda, California, is a biotechnology company focused on regenerative medicine and blood plasma volume expanders. Its broad platform of stem cell technologies is enhanced through subsidiaries focused on specific fields of application. BioTime develops and markets research products in the fields of stem cells and regenerative medicine, including a wide array of proprietary PureStem™ cell lines, HyStem® hydrogels, culture media, and differentiation kits. BioTime is developing Renevia™ (formerly known as HyStem®-Rx), a biocompatible, implantable hyaluronan and collagen-based matrix for cell delivery in human clinical applications. BioTime's therapeutic product development strategy is pursued through subsidiaries that focus on specific organ systems and related diseases for which there is a high unmet medical need. BioTime's majority owned subsidiary Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd. is developing therapeutic products derived from stem cells for the treatment of retinal and neural degenerative diseases. BioTime's subsidiary OrthoCyte Corporation is developing therapeutic applications of stem cells to treat orthopedic diseases and injuries. Another subsidiary, OncoCyte Corporation, focuses on the diagnostic and therapeutic applications of stem cell technology in cancer, including the diagnostic product PanC-Dx™ currently being developed for the detection of cancer in blood samples. ReCyte Therapeutics, Inc. is developing applications of BioTime's proprietary induced pluripotent stem cell technology to reverse the developmental aging of human cells to treat cardiovascular and blood cell diseases. BioTime's subsidiary LifeMap Sciences, Inc. markets GeneCards®, the leading human gene database, as part of an integrated database suite that also includes the LifeMap Discovery™ database of embryonic development, stem cell research and regenerative medicine, and MalaCards, the human disease database. LifeMap Sciences also markets BioTime research products and PanDaTox, an innovative, recently developed, searchable database that can aid in the discovery of new antibiotics and biotechnologically beneficial products. Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a new subsidiary being used to acquire the stem cell assets of Geron Corporation, including patents and other intellectual property, biological materials, reagents and equipment for the development of new therapeutic products for regenerative medicine. BioTime's lead product, Hextend®, is a blood plasma volume expander manufactured and distributed in the U.S. by Hospira, Inc. and in South Korea by CJ CheilJedang Corporation under exclusive licensing agreements. Additional information about BioTime can be found on the web at www.biotimeinc.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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