BioTime Licenses Technology for Key Regulatory Gene Underlying Cancer and Stem Cell Reprogramming
BioTime, Inc. (NYSE: BTX) today announced that it has obtained an exclusive license from The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, PA for technology related to a gene designated as SP100. Wistar Institute researchers have demonstrated pivotal roles for this gene in both cancer and stem cell biology. Scientists at BioTime's subsidiaries OncoCyte Corporation and ReCyte Therapeutics plan to apply this technology in the development of innovative medical products for cancer and vascular diseases. In conjunction with the license agreement, BioTime has agreed to fund research at The Wistar Institute to advance the technology, and BioTime will receive certain rights to negotiate additional licenses for any technologies invented as a result of the research.
