SCHEDULE 13G

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 1)*


STEMCELLS, INC.
(Name of Issuer)
 
 
COMMON STOCK
(Title of Class of Securities)
 
 
85857R105
(CUSIP Number)
 
 
 
January 26, 2004
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)


Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:


|_| Rule 13d-1(b)

|X| Rule 13d-1(c)

|_| Rule 13d-1(d)

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


Page 1 of 8 pages


CUSIP No. 85857R105


1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
 
The Riverview Group LLC
2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 (a) |X|
(b) |_|
3.

SEC Use Only

 
4.

Citizenship or Place of Organization                  
 
Delaware



Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned By
Each
Reporting
Person With		 5.

Sole Voting Power       

-0-

6.

Shared Voting Power  
 
2,340,131

7.

Sole Dispositive Power    
 
-0-
8.

Shared Dispositive Power
 
2,340,131

9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

2,340,131

10.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)


 |_|
11.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)       

5.53%

12.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

00



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CUSIP No. 85857R105


1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
 
Millennium Holding Group, L.P.
2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 (a) |X|
(b) |_|
3.

SEC Use Only

 
4.

Citizenship or Place of Organization                  
 
Delaware



Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned By
Each
Reporting
Person With		 5.

Sole Voting Power       

-0-

6.

Shared Voting Power  
 
2,340,131

7.

Sole Dispositive Power    
 
-0-
8.

Shared Dispositive Power
 
2,340,131

9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

2,340,131

10.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)


 |_|
11.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)       

5.53%

12.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

PN



Page 3 of 8 pages


CUSIP No. 85857R105


1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
 
Millennium Management, LLC
2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 (a) |X|
(b) |_|
3.

SEC Use Only

 
4.

Citizenship or Place of Organization                  
 
Delaware



Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned By
Each
Reporting
Person With		 5.

Sole Voting Power       

-0-

6.

Shared Voting Power  
 
2,340,131

7.

Sole Dispositive Power    
 
-0-
8.

Shared Dispositive Power
 
2,340,131

9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

2,340,131

10.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)


 |_|
11.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)       

5.53%

12.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

00



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CUSIP No. 85857R105


1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only).
 
Israel A. Englander
2.

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)

 

 (a) |X|
(b) |_|
3.

SEC Use Only

 
4.

Citizenship or Place of Organization                  
 
United States



Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned By
Each
Reporting
Person With		 5.

Sole Voting Power       

-0-

6.

Shared Voting Power  
 
2,340,131

7.

Sole Dispositive Power    
 
-0-
8.

Shared Dispositive Power
 
2,340,131

9.

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

2,340,131

10.

Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)


 |_|
11.

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)       

5.53%

12.

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)

IN



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Item 1.


(a) Name of Issuer

  StemCells, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

(b). Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices

  3155 Porter Drive, Palo Alto, California, 94304

Item 2.


(a) Name of Person Filing

  _____________________________________________________________________________

(b) Address of Principal Business Office, or if none, Residence

  _____________________________________________________________________________

(c) Citizenship

  The Riverview Group, LLC
c/o Millennium Management, LLC
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10103
Citizenship: Delaware

Millennium Holding Group, L.P.
c/o Millennium Management, LLC
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10103
Citizenship: Delaware

Millennium Management, LLC
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10103
Citizenship: Delaware

Israel A. Englander
c/o Millennium Management, LLC
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10103
Citizenship: United States

(d) Title of Class of Securities

  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(e) CUSIP Number 85857R105

  _____________________________________________________________________________

Item 3.   If this statement is filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the
               person filing is a:


(a) |_|     Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).

(b) |_|     Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).

(c) |_|     Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).

(d) |_|     Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940
         (15 U.S.C 80a-8).

(e) |_|     An investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);

(f) |_|     An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

(g) |_|     A parent holding company or control person in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);

(h) |_|     A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act
         (12 U.S.C. 1813);

(i) |_|     A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under
         section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);

(j) |_|     Group, in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).


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Item 4.   Ownership.

          Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.


(a) Amount beneficially owned:

          As of the date of this filing, each Reporting Person may be deemed the beneficial owner of (i) 1,017,415 shares of Common Stock owned outright by The Riverview Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Riverview”) and (ii) 1,322,716 shares of Common Stock currently issuable to Riverview upon the exercise of certain warrants.

           Note: The sole member of Riverview is Millennium Holding Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Holding”). Millenium Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Millennium Management”), is the general partner of Holding. Israel A. Englander (“Mr. Englander”) is sole managing member of Millennium Management. The foregoing should not be construed in and of itself as an admission by any of Holding, Millennium Management or Mr. Englander as to beneficial ownership of the shares owned by Riverview.

           Note: Millennium Partnership, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“Partners”), is a limited partner of Holding. As a limited partner, Partners has no investment or voting control over Holding or it securities positions.

(b) Percent of class:

          Approximately 5.53% as of the date of this filing. (Based on the Company’s 424B2 Prospectus (the “Prospectus”) filed on December 10, 2003, (i) there were 35,969,400 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding as of December 3, 2003 and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock were issued pursuant to the Prospectus. In addition, Riverview owns the warrants to purchase 1,322,716 shares of Common Stock referred to in the first paragraph of Item 4(a) above.)

(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

  (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote
-0-

  (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote
2,340,131 shares of Common Stock

  (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
-0-

  (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
2,340,131 shares of Common Stock

Item 5.   Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

          If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities check the following |_|.


  Not applicable

Item 6.   Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.


  Not applicable

Item 7.   Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported
               on by the Parent Holding Company.


  Not applicable

Item 8.   Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.


  (i) Riverview;

  (ii) Holding, as the sole member of Riverview;

  (iii) Millennium Management, as the general partner and investment advisor of Holding; and

  (iv) Mr. Englander, as the sole managing member of Millenium Management.

Item 9.   Notice of Dissolution of Group.


  Not applicable

Item 10.   Certifications.


(a) The following certification shall be included if the statement is filed pursuant to §240.13d-1(b):

  By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

(b) The following certification shall be included if the statement is filed pursuant to §240.13d-1(c):

  By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.


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SIGNATURE

        After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: February 9, 2004



THE RIVERVIEW GROUP, LLC   MILLENNIUM HOLDING GROUP, L.P.
 
By: Millennium Holding Group, L.P.,
its sole member		   By: Millennium Management, LLC
its general partner
 
 
By: Millennium Management, LLC
its general partner		   By: /s/ Israel A. Englander
—————————————
Name: Israel A. Englander
Title: Managing Member

By: /s/ Terry Feeney
—————————————
Name: Terry Feeney
Title: Chief Operating Officer
 
 
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT, LLC
 
By: /s/ Israel A. Englander
—————————————
Name: Israel A. Englander
Title: Managing Member		 /s/ Israel A. Englander
—————————————
Israel A. Englander


The original statement shall be signed by each person on whose behalf the statement is filed or his authorized representative. If the statement is signed on behalf of a person by his authorized representative other than an executive officer or general partner of the filing person, evidence of the representative’s authority to sign on behalf of such person shall be filed with the statement, provided, however, that a power of attorney for this purpose which is already on file with the Commission may be incorporated by reference. The name and any title of each person who signs the statement shall be typed or printed beneath his signature.

NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties for whom copies are to be sent.


Attention: Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal criminal violations
(See 18 U.S.C. 1001)


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