Stem Cell Therapeutics' Clinical Advisor and Collaborator Receives Prestigious National Award

Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SSS) (OTCQX:SCTPF), a
biopharmaceutical company developing cancer stem cell-related therapeutics,
today announced that Dr. Aaron Schimmer has been awarded a prestigious national
award for his groundbreaking cancer research for the second time in
approximately a year.


Each year, the Canadian Cancer Society honours four exceptional Canadian
scientists who have made significant contributions to progress in cancer
research. This year, Dr. Schimmer is the recipient of the Bernard and Francine
Dorval Prize, which is awarded to a promising investigator who began their
independent research within the previous 10 years and who has made outstanding
contributions to basic biomedical research. In 2012, Dr. Schimmer received the
Till & McCulloch Award, presented each year by the Stem Cell Network in
recognition of the year's most influential peer-reviewed article by a researcher
in Canada.


Dr. Schimmer's laboratory is investigating the repurposing of several
FDA-approved drugs with favourable pharmacokinetic and toxicological properties
for use as novel anticancer agents. One of these drugs is tigecycline, a
broad-spectrum antibiotic. Stem Cell Therapeutics ("SCT") recently acquired
exclusive worldwide rights to an innovative clinical cancer stem cell program
based on Dr. Schimmer's discovery that tigecycline targets and kills leukemia
cells and leukemic stem cells. The company also appointed him to its scientific
advisory board.


"We wish to congratulate Aaron for again having his world class research
recognized with a national award," commented SCT Chief Executive Officer, Dr.
Niclas Stiernholm. "This recognition is well deserved and we feel very fortunate
to be associated with him and his exciting cancer stem cell research."


About Dr. Aaron Schimmer:

Dr. Schimmer is a staff physician in the department of Hematology/Oncology at
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, a senior scientist at Ontario Cancer Institute
and the head of Experimental Hematology at the University of Toronto. Dr.
Schimmer is developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of acute leukemia.
He is a strong proponent of 'drug recycling' where off-patent drugs are screened
and tested to see what effects they have on cancer targets. This approach to
drug development can be successful and highly efficient, as the toxicity and
side effects related to the use of the drug in humans is already documented and
well-understood. Dr. Schimmer is the author of over 135 papers, and has over 20
patents and patent applications. He has advanced three drugs with novel
mechanisms of action from his lab into clinical trials for patients with acute
leukemia. He has received over 30 awards and honours for academic achievement
including an award from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation for the
best young scientists. In 2007, he was named one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40.
Dr. Schimmer received the 2012 Till & McCulloch Award, presented each year by
the Stem Cell Network in recognition of the year's most influential
peer-reviewed article by a researcher in Canada.


About Stem Cell Therapeutics:

Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp. (SCT), a Toronto-based biopharmaceutical company,
is Canada's only public company dedicated to advancing cancer stem cell
discoveries into novel and innovative cancer therapies. Building on over half a
century of leading and groundbreaking Canadian stem cell research, the company
is supported by established links to a group of Toronto academic research
institutes and cancer treatment centers, representing one of the world's most
acclaimed cancer research hubs. SCT's clinical stage programs include the
recently in-licensed tigecycline program, which is currently being evaluated in
a multi-centre Phase I study in patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), as
well as TTI-1612, a non-stem cell asset being tested in a 28-patient Phase I
trial in interstitial cystitis ("IC") patients, which is near completion. The
Company also has two premier preclinical programs, SIRPaFc and a CD200
monoclonal antibody (mAb), which target two key immunoregulatory pathways that
tumor cells exploit to evade the host immune system. SIRPaFc is an antibody-like
fusion protein that blocks the activity of CD47, a molecule that is upregulated
on cancer stem cells in AML and several other tumors. The CD200 mAb is a fully
human monoclonal antibody that blocks the activity of CD200, an
immunosuppressive molecule that is overexpressed by many hematopoietic and solid
tumors. For more information, visit: www.stemcellthera.com


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Stem Cell Therapeutics Corp.
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