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Martin Health System Unveils Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot™ more

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Jesuit High School Alumnus Donates Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot to His Alma Mater more

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BiO2 Medical Announces Successful Completion of the Angel® Catheter Pivotal Clinical Trial more

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Xenex Awarded Premier, Inc. Group Purchasing Contract to Offer Germ-Zapping Robot™ Room Disinfection Technology to Premier Member Hospitals more

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SA bioscience companies strike new deal to expand scope of stem cell research more

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TFS Corporation share price flat despite soaring earnings more

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TFS Corporation doubles quarterly profit more

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Innovation makes money grow on trees more

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Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot™ Destroys Ebola Virus & Anthrax Spores in New Study Performed at Texas Biomed Biosafety Level 4 Lab more

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Indian sandalwood oil producer ramps up production to supply new markets more

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Cytocentrics Inc. wins Innovator Award at recent event more

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Key Opinion Leader (KOL) Calls for New Standard to Close Port-Site Hernias in Lap and Robotic Surgeries more

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Surgical Site Infections Decrease 100% after Trinity Medical Center Implements Infection Control Bundle more

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Court Order Requires Tru-D to Cease False and Misleading Statements more

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Merck and DNAtrix Announce Phase 2 Immuno-Oncology Collaboration more

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San Antonio biotech firm CEO is heading west more

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Sandalwood grower smells a fortune more

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Explore the UV LED market that is expected to reach USD 369.58 million by 2020 more

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Ten Life Sciences Companies to Watch in Central Texas more

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San Antonio’s Xenex signs national contract with HealthTrust more

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Xenex Signs Agreement with HealthTrust; Germ-Zapping Robots™ Added to the HealthTrust Portfolio more

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Benzac® Intensive Spot Treatment Named Best Acne Treatment of 2015 by HEALTH Magazine more

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neoSurgical® Reports Commercial Milestone of 2000 US Procedures more

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Launch of latest hyaluronic acid based filler range more

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Galderma Laboratories Announces the Nationwide Availability of Benzac® more

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BioMed SA Celebrates 10th Anniversary more

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TFS completes US pharma acquisition more

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Finally, Good News for Anyone Looking for a Gentle Acne Treatment more

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4th Peer-Reviewed Study to Credit Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots for Infection Rate Decrease more

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A pair of biotech VCs take aim at raising SA’s status more

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BiO2 Medical raises $4M for device that prevents embolism more

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How SA landed Cytocentrics more

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Sandalwood firm sticks to forecasts more

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Two New Studies Show Decrease in Hospital Acquired Infections after Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots Used for Room Disinfection more

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Xenex Offers Industry’s First HAI Reduction Guarantee; Multiple Hospitals Report Decrease in Infection Rates When Using Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots for Room Disinfection more

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Xenex to expand sales of ‘germ-zapping robots’ to more European nations more

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West Australian Indian sandalwood oil producer purchases American drug companies more

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Sandlewood grower to buy US-based pharmaceutical firms more

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Cytocentrics has big plans for San Antonio more

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TFS Corporation Limited jumps on acquisitions: What you need to know more

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Australian firm acquires multiple San Antonio bioscience companies; Deal could be worth $270 million more

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TFS To Acquire ViroXis And Santalis Pharma - Quick Facts more

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DNAtrix Collaborators Present Data on a Novel Oncolytic Adenovirus Expressing OX40 Ligand that Promotes Antitumor Immunity more

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San Antonio expected to become bigger global research player as result of Cytocentrics deal more

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Cytocentrics Wins $1 Million Incentive and Warm Welcome to San Antonio more

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San Antonio approves major incentive deal to lure German biotech firm more

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German Biosciences Company Relocating Headquarters to San Antonio more

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Cytocentrics looking to relocate HQ to San Antonio, create 300 jobs more

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Cytocentrics CEO: Biotech company passed up bigger financial offers to move to San Antonio more

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Milwaukee VA center cleared to use germ-zapping robots more

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GAO Affirms VA Contract for Mercury-Free UV Disinfection System, Milwaukee VA Hospital Orders Xenex Full-Spectrum™ Germ-Zapping Robots™ more

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Pivotal Investigation of BiO2 Medical's Angel Catheter Exceeds Enrollment Expectations more

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Alcyone Lifesciences and DNAtrix Enter Clinical Collaboration for Brain Cancer more

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Here’s why these 4 companies are soaring higher today more

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Harvard gets wood more

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2 Works for You helps teen diagnosed with brain cancer denied access to experimental treatment more

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Harvard University sees the good oil in NT sandalwood plantation more

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San Antonio bioscience companies to team up on critical research more

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Germ-zapping R2-D2 look-alike works at Renown more

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Are TFS Corporation Limited shares an absolute bargain? more

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Med tech start-up exits Bank of Ireland Seed Fund with US$21m valuation more

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Galway-based NeoSurgical exits Kernel Capital more

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Xenex sells Germ-Zapping robot to Iowa nonprofit hospital more

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Broadlawns Employs Xenex Robot to Eradicate Germs more

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Benzac® Acne Solutions Premieres Its First-Ever “Insta-Dramedy” Webseries more

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Sandalwood grower enlists F1 star more

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StemBioSys closes $8m in funding to help launch its stem cell culture system more

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Irish start-up neoSurgical has just signed an exclusive distribution deal for the US market. But, as founder and CEO Barry Russell explains, it has taken persistence and courage to get the company this far more

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Xenex exporting hospital-cleaning robots to Europe more

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Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots Arrive in Spain; Clece Chooses Xenex for Hospital Disinfection more

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Takes $8M to Build Homes For Stem Cells

Sometimes the difference between thriving and foundering can come down to having a nice place to call home.

This is true even at the cellular level, so San Antonio, TX-based StemBioSys has built what’s essentially a home for stem cells—a three-dimensional matrix made of natural materials in which cells can replicate more rapidly than in traditional plastic flasks, the company says.

That may be meaningful for research labs looking to produce large quantities of cells, such as cancer cells that could be used in high-throughput testing of potential drugs, says StemBioSys CEO Bob Hutchens.

In its own research, the company has focused primarily on growing adult bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. It is collaborating with 14 partners, including the University of Texas at San Antonio and the Langer/Anderson Laboratories at MIT, that are researching the therapeutic applications of other cells. Those include hematopoietic (blood) stem cells, adipose stem cells (from fat tissue), and the aforementioned cancer cells, among others.

Right now, StemBioSys is sharing the stem cell culture technology with its strategic partners without charge. It hopes to begin selling the product to the commercial market in the coming months, Hutchens says.

To do so, and to invest in a manufacturing facility, StemBioSys closed an $8 million Series A round at the start of April that it announced today. The preferred equity round was led by San Antonio-based Targeted Technology Fund, which contributed $2.25 million; 50 angel investors also participated in the deal.

StemBioSys may seek to raise a Series B round later this year or in early 2016, Hutchens says. The company also has some prominent names on its board of directors, including Catherine Burzik, the former CEO of Kinetic Concepts, and Robert S. Langer, the prolific MIT researcher and entrepreneur.
In a nice piece of symmetry, StemBioSys uses stem cells to help build the matrix that’s ultimately used to grow other stem cells. The company starts by seeding a batch of stem cells into plastic lab dishes. As they grow, the cells lay down networks of proteins and other molecules to support themselves. After 21 days, StemBioSys extracts the cells, leaving this matrix intact and ready to house a new batch of cells.

StemBioSys’ process to grow both the cells and the matrix is currently labor intensive, Hutchens says. The company is attempting to develop methods of automating it, though it hasn’t yet.

Cells grown in StemBioSys’s matrix can multiply while still remaining small and undifferentiated—both important qualities for stem cells, Hutchens says. The company is not the only one out to commercialize stem-cell-production technology, though. Madison, WI-based Cellular Dynamics, for example, has already built enough business in the field to attract a $307 million acquisition by Fujifilm. While many other companies may use procedures related to manufacturing stem cells, there are also other producers, including San Diego-based Stemedica and Cynata Therapeutics, an Australian-based company using technology developed at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

StemBioSys’s technology was developed by Xiao-Dong Chen while he was at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He licensed the resulting patents from the university and founded StemBioSys in 2010 with Steven Davis, a clinical professor of dermatology at the university and a founder of BioMed SA, the bioscience development corporation for San Antonio.
 
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San Antonio biomedical company StemBioSys scores major funding more

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Lexington Fire Department chosen to conduct trial on new EMS Equipment more

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Xenex Rebuts Clorox Attack Following NAD Press Release more

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San Antonio’s Xenex files lawsuit against Cloroxn more

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Lexington Fire Dept. Among First In Kentucky Testing New Device more

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Here’s why today is a good day to buy TFS Corporation Limited shares more

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Over-the-counter (OTC) remedies rescue consumers from skin and health issues that are—at the time—more pressing than fine lines and wrinkles more

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Germ-zapping Dalek-like robots trialed at King’s Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital to reduce the spread of infection more

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Seven Women Run Tech Startups in San Antonio to Watch more

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UV light from robots disinfects hospital rooms more

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TFS rises on upgraded guidance more

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Biological assets boost valuation for TFS more

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NPSF Patient Safety Coalition Welcomes Xenex more

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UV Disinfection Equipment Market is Expected to Reach $2.8 Billion by 2020 – Allied Market Research more

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Scent of success more

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BiO2 Medical Begins Enrollment for the Pivotal Investigation of the Angel® Catheter more

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Baptist Health's new germ-zapping robots use untraviolet light as a disinfectant more

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Baptist Health adds "cleaning robots" more

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The Only Full Spectrum™ Pulsed Xenon UV Disinfection System more

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Benzac® Acne Solutions Launches in the US more

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State of health care: Xenex CEO says company is winning war against deadly infections more

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The Health Cell to present event focusing on San Antonio’s health care and biosciences sector more

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San Antonio developing biotech executive talent more

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Xenex’s latest funding exceeds expectations, expands international opportunities more

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San Antonio bioscience company Xenex secures major funding more

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Germ-Zapping Robot Makes House Call for Texas Baby more

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Hospitals name their disinfecting robots to add personality more

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The robot will clean up now: More hospitals buying automated systems to reduce infections more

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New Study Shows Pulsed Xenon UV Light Effective in Reducing C. diff, MRSA and VRE in the Hospital Environment more

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Forecast: Three San Antonio biomedical companies to watch in 2015 more

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Here’s why these 4 stocks are soaring higher today more

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Sandalwood the good oil for US funds more

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Oil Investment Could Put A Smile On The Faces Of Harvard Students more

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Harvard takes stake in TFS more

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Aromatherapy at home can be easy more

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TFS up on US acne product launch more

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BiO2 Medical Receives IDE Approval to Initiate Pivotal Investigation of the Angel® Catheter more

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StemBioSys Inc. to Present at Biotech Showcase™ 2015 more

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Galderma Laboratories Launches Its First Over-the-Counter Acne Regimen, Benzac® Acne Solutions more