International Stem Cell Receives Second $1M Tranche Under $5 Million Financing

Business Wire, Jan 23, 2009

OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- International Stem Cell Corporation (OTCBB:ISCO) has received the second $1 million tranche of an anticipated private equity financing of up to $5 million to be funded over the next several months. The total amount of the financing is intended to allow the Company to move forward with its therapeutic research, including its pre-clinical trials. The money will also help retire its existing secured debt and be allocated to marketing to increase revenues in the Company's subsidiary, Lifeline Cell Technology, which makes and sells specialty cells and growth media.

ISCO is the creator and developer of a new class of stem cells that remove two of the greatest barriers to the therapeutic use of stem cells: 1) immune rejection and 2) the ethical issues that surround the use of embryonic stem cells. ISCO makes its cells available to qualified researchers worldwide, and its technology, called "Parthenogenesis," results in the creation of cell lines that may allow cells from a single donor to be immune-matched to hundreds of millions of people thus reducing the dangers of immune rejection.

For more information, visit the ISCO website at: www.internationalstemcell.com.

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ABOUT INTERNATIONAL STEM CELL CORPORATION (ISCO.OB):

International Stem Cell Corporation is a California biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutic and research products. ISCO's technology, Parthenogenesis, results in the creation of pluripotent human stem cell lines from unfertilized human eggs. ISCO scientists have created the first Parthenogenetic homozygous stem cell line (phSC-Hhom-4) that can be a source of therapeutic cells that will minimize immune rejection after transplantation into hundreds of millions of individuals of differing sexes, ages and racial groups. These advancements offer the potential to create the first true "Stem Cell Bank" and address ethical issues by eliminating the need to use or destroy fertilized embryos. ISCO also produces and markets specialized cells and growth media worldwide for therapeutic research through its subsidiary Lifeline Cell Technology. For more information, visit the ISCO website at: www.internationalstemcell.com.

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