PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2006--StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEM) today announced that Dr. Maria Millan has joined the Company as Director, Liver Cell Transplant Program. Dr. Millan, a transplant surgeon, is on leave from her positions as Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Multi-Organ Transplant, and Director of Pediatric Transplant Programs, Kidney & Liver, at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Millan has a long-standing interest in the potential of cellular transplants and has been closely involved with the Company’s liver stem cell program as a member of StemCells, Inc.'s Scientific Advisory Board. She joins StemCells, Inc. now to lead the Company’s efforts to bring its candidate liver stem cell into the clinic.