ANN ARBOR, MI (MARKET WIRE) OR-Live.com, the university of Michigan Health System and Intuitive Surgical, Inc. will present the second in a series of surgical tutorials on Complex da Vinci (robotic) Hysterectomy on September 18, 2008 from 4:00-5:30 PM (ET). Dr. Arnold P. Advincula, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Program and Fellowship at the University of Michigan Health System, will moderate the event to explain critical portions of the surgery and to answer e-mail questions from viewers.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Chemokine Therapeutics Corp. (the "Company") (TSX: CTI)(OTCBB: CHKT), a biotechnology company developing chemokine-based therapies to treat cancer, blood disorders, and vascular diseases, announced today that it has received a Certificate for Clinical Trial/Medicinal Test from the Hong Kong Department of Health allowing the Company to begin a Phase II trial in liver cancer with its lead drug candidate, CTCE-9908. The Company received FDA and Health Canada approval for the clinical trial earlier this year.

Advanced Cell Technology Inc., a developer of stem cell-based treatments, said Thursday it has signed patent-licensing agreements with a subsidiary of life sciences researcher BioTime Inc.

RIVERA BEACH, FL (MARKET WIRE) Sancilio & Company, Inc. announces the opening of their new expanded 2000 sq. ft. contract manufacturing facility. The GMP facility specializes in small batch manufacturing of tablets and capsules as well as packaging and labeling services.

SHANGHAI, CHINA (MARKET WIRE) Sinobiomed, Inc. ("Sinobiomed", or "the Company") (OTCBB: SOBM) is pleased to announce that it has applied for a Chinese and an international patent for recombinant human kallikrein-1 (rhK1), and for a Chinese patent for an innovative recombinant multivalent tuberculosis vaccine.

BioTime Inc. in Alameda announced Thursday that its subsidiary Embryome Sciences Inc. has entered into another licensing deal with Advanced Cell Technology of Los Angeles.

The university of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) won a five-year $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support 10 faculty research projects.

CUPERTINO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Surgical robotics company Prosurgics has appointed Bill Perry as President of its California based US organization, Prosurgics, Inc.

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (MARKET WIRE) The fourth annual Swedish-American Life science Summit (SALSS) opens in Stockholm, Sweden on August 20, 2008. The intense and exclusive two-day program (Aug 20-22) takes place against a backdrop of major scientific breakthroughs and a volatile business economy.

AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc. has gotten fast-track designation from federal regulators for its new MRI diagnostic imaging agent.