"Sangamo Biosciences (SGMO) has been receiving the kind of news that biotech companies dream of, with multiple main-stream news outlets picking up the story that the company is developing what may be a 'functional cure' for AIDS," notes biotech sector specialist John McCamant.

The editor of The Medical Technology Stock Letter explains, "The treatments that SGMO is developing are exciting, and we see this stock going much higher this year and in subsequent years based on clinical progress.

"Sangamo BioSciences (NASDAQ: SGMO) has again received significant scientific validation for its proprietary technology," says biotech expert John McCamant.

In The Medical Technology Stock Letter, he explains, ""Part of what has gotten investors so excited about stem cells was the concept that some day scientists would be able to create 'personalized' stem cell types for individual therapy. We believe that this is the break that was needed to realize the potential of stem cell therapy."

"Stem cells differ from other cell types in two fundamental ways. First, they are unspecialized cells capable of renewing themselves through cell division.

"Second, under certain conditions, they can be induced to become tissue- or organ-specific cells with special functions.