UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935 or Section 30(f)of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
BioTime, Inc. (BTX) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Dresner Milton H. __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for _____ Officer(give _____ Other
Number of Reporting Month/Year title below) specify below)
Person (Voluntary) 12/00
28777 Northwestern Hwy, Suite 100
(Street) 5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of Original (Check Applicable Line)
(Month/Year) _X_Form filed by One Reporting Person
Southfield MI 48304 ___Form filed by More than One
(City) (State) (Zip) Reporting Person
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Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired(A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship Indirect
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: Beneficial
(Instr. 8) Owned at Direct Ownership
End of Month (D) or
(Month/ Indirect
Day/ Inst. 3 and 4) (I)
Year) (A)or
Amount (D) Price (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Shares, 9/30/00 A* 727 A $6.88 D
no par value
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Common Shares, 6/30/00 A* 666 A $7.50 41,598* D
no par value
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,see Instruction 4(b)(v).
(Over)
SEC 1471(7-96)
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FORM 4 (continued)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer-
(Instr. 3) sion or action action ative Securities Ac- cisable and
Exercise Date Code quired (A) or Dis- Expiration
Price of (Instr. 8) posed of (D) Date
Deri- (Month/ (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) (Month/Day/
vative Day/ Year)
Security Year)
Date Expir-
(A) (D) Exer- ation
cisable Date
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Option to Purchase Common Shares $11.50 3/31/00 3/30/05
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Option to Purchase Common Shares $12.57 4/29/99 4/28/04
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7. Title and Amount 8. Price 9. Number 10.Owner- 11. Nature
of Underlying of of deriv- ship of
Securities Deriv- ative Form of Indirect
(Instr. 3 and 4) ative Secur- Deriv- Benefi-
Secur- ities ative cial
ity Bene- Security: Owner-
Amount or (Instr. ficially Direct ship
Title Number of 5) Owned (D)or (Instr.4)
Shares at End Indirect
of Month (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common 10,000 N/A 10,000 D
Shares
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Common 10,000 N/A 10,000 D
Shares
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Explanation of Responses:
*Mr. Dresner acquired these shares in lieu of cash director's fees.
**Includes 20,000 common shares that Mr. Dresner may acquire through the
exercise of stock options. Excludes additional shares that Mr. Dresner may
receive on a quarterly basis in lieu of a cash director's fee. The number of
such shares will be determined based upon the closing price of BioTime common
shares on the American Stock Exchange on the last trading day of the quarter.
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
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/s/Milton H. Dresner January 9, 2001
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
