Exten finalizes MultiCell acquisition

WARWICK – San Diego-based Exten Industries Inc. has acquired all outstanding shares of MultiCell Associates Inc. (MCA), of Warwick, and will operate MCA as a wholly owned subsidiary. MCA owns the rights to certain patented technology for engineering (immortalizing) human and other mammalian liver cells. These non-tumorigenic cells have applications for drug discovery and toxicological testing by the pharmaceutical industry and could perform metabolic functions in liver assist devices.