SAN DIEGO, Sept. 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FATE), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of programmed cellular immunotherapeutics for the treatment of severe, life-threatening diseases, today announced that Christian Weyer, M.D., M.A.S., President and Chief Executive Officer will be presenting a company overview at two upcoming investor conferences in September:

• Rodman & Renshaw 17th Annual Global Investment Conference at 3:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 in New York City.
• LEERINK Partners 4th Annual Rare Disease Roundtable at 10:15 a.m. ET on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 in New York City.

A live webcast of the presentations will be available through the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.fatetherapeutics.com. Following the live webcast, an archived replay will be available on the Company's website for 30 days after the conference.

About Fate Therapeutics, Inc.

Fate Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of programmed cellular immunotherapeutics for the treatment of severe, life-threatening diseases. The Company's lead product candidate, PROHEMA®, is a programmed hematopoietic cell-based immunotherapeutic, which is currently in clinical development in patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation. The Company is also developing a PD-L1 programmed CD34+ cell immunotherapeutic for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and is leveraging its proprietary induced pluripotent stem cell platform to develop natural killer cell and T-cell cancer immunotherapeutics. Fate Therapeutics is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information, please visit www.fatetherapeutics.com.

CONTACT: Jesse Baumgartner, Stern Investor Relations, Inc.

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