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Biotime has been quietly generating monstrous profits for its shareholders, unbeknownst to most of Wall Street and tech-knowledgeable individual investors, as evidenced by its absence
        
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 Biotme holds the patents to Hextend, a plasma substitute used in any number of circumstances during which blood replacement is called for. This includes surgery, cryosurgery, and as a medium for preserving organs in organ banks. Hextend is only half the cost of whole blood and, of course, is a lot safer (no HIV, Hep, etc.)
 Blood substitutes constitute a 5 billion dollar/year industry, and this means enormous earnings potential for Biotime.
 
 FDA approval sanctioning the commencement of Hextend Phase III clinical trials is expected to be announced soon. The product is expected t0 be marketed within 2 to 3 years, making this a long play.
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