The company I founded in 2005 is to be acquired by Intrexon for $26 million.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/intrexon-acquire-medistem-generate-multipotent-154433543.html
GERMANTOWN, Md. and SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Intrexon Corporation (XON), a leader in synthetic biology, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire, for approximately $26 million, San Diego-based Medistem, Inc. (MEDS) a pioneer in the development of Endometrial Regenerative Cells (“ERC” or “ERCs”), universal donor adult stem cells that stimulate new blood vessel formation and are capable of generating different tissues including heart, brain, pancreas, liver, bone, cartilage and lung. Intrexon intends to employ its integrated synthetic biology platforms to engineer a diverse array of cell-based therapeutic candidates using Medistem’s multipotent ERCs.