MASTER SECURITY AGREEMENT No. 3081025 Dated as of May 27, 2003 (Agreement)

Exhibit 10.17

MASTER SECURITY AGREEMENT

No.  ###-###-####

Dated as of May 27, 2003 (“Agreement”)

THIS AGREEMENT is between Oxford Finance Corporation (together with its successors and assigns, if any, “Secured Party”) and StemCo Biomedical, Inc. (“Debtor”). Secured Party has an office at 133 N. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Debtor is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Delaware. Debtor’s mailing address and chief place of business is 2810 Meridian Parkway, Suite 148, Durham, NC 27713.

Debtor grants to Secured Party, its successors and assigns, a security interest in and against all property listed on any collateral schedule now or in the future annexed to or made a part of this Agreement (“Collateral Schedule”), and in and against all additions, attachments, accessories and accessions to such property, all substitutions, replacements or exchanges therefor, and all insurance and/or other proceeds thereof (all such property is individually and collectively called the “Collateral”). This security interest is given to secure the payment and performance of all debts, obligations and liabilities of any kind whatsoever of Debtor to Secured Party, now existing or arising in the future, including but not limited to the payment and performance of certain Promissory Notes from time to time identified on any Collateral Schedule (collectively “Notes” and each a “Note”), and any renewals, extensions and modifications of such debts, obligations and liabilities (such Notes, debts, obligations and liabilities are called the “Indebtedness”). Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, to the extent that Secured Party asserts a purchase money security interest in any items of Collateral (“PMSI Collateral”): (i) the PMSI Collateral shall secure only that portion of the Indebtedness which has been advanced by Secured Party to enable Debtor to purchase, or acquire rights in or She use of such PMSI Collateral (the “PMSI Indebtedness”), and (ii) no other Collateral shall secure the PMSI Indebtedness.

Debtor represents, warrants and covenants as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of each Collateral Schedule that:

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Debtor and Secured Party, intending to be legally bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, as of the day and year first aforesaid.

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COLLATERAL MIX RIDER

TO

MASTER SECURITY AGREEMENT NO. 3081025

DATED MAY 27, 2003

BETWEEN

OXFORD FINANCE CORPORATION (the “SECURED PARTY”)

AND

ALDAGEN, INC. (the “DEBTOR”)

Debtor, Aldagen, Inc., shall cause the composition and mix of Equipment to conform to and meet the following concentration requirements (hereinafter “Concentration Requirement”) for each class of Equipment (hereinafter “Equipment Class”) as identified and set forth below. Debtor, Aldagen, Inc., herein represents and warrants that it shall bring the aggregate Concentration Requirement into full compliance by September 30, 2008:

Dated as of: October 24, 2007

COLLATERAL SCHEDULE NO. 04

THIS COLLATERAL SCHEDULE NO. 04 is annexed to and made a part of that certain Master Security Agreement No. 3081025 dated as of May 27, 2003 (“Agreement”) between Oxford Finance Corporation, together with its successors and assigns, if any, as Secured Party and Aldagen, Inc. as Debtor and describes collateral in which Debtor has granted Secured Party a security interest in connection with the Indebtedness (as defined in the Security Agreement) including without limitation that certain Promissory Note dated October 31, 2007 in the original principal amount of $260,000.00 (“Note”).

Debtor hereby reaffirms all of the representations, warranties, and covenants contained in the Agreement and the Note as of the date hereof and further represents and warrants to Secured Party that no default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof.

Debtor further affirms that none of the Collateral for this Schedule has been pledged as Collateral on previous Schedules under the Agreement.

See attached Exhibit A for list of Collateral, all of which Collateral for this Schedule is located at the following address(es). If more than one address, Exhibit A contains a column with an indication of the location of each item:

Address 1: 2810 Meridian Parkway, Suite 148, Durham, NC 27713

Address 2: N/A

Exhibit A

to Collateral Schedule No. 04 to Master Security Agreement No.  ###-###-####

between Aldagen, Inc. and Oxford Finance Corporation

Explanation:

This table has formulas and should calculate totals independently.

All property listed above, together with any and all attachments, accessions, additions, replacements, improvements, modifications and substitutions thereto and therefor and a right to use license for any software related to any of the foregoing now or hereafter acquired and all proceeds, in the form of goods, accounts, chattel paper, documents, instruments and insurance proceeds.

PROMISSORY NOTE

To Master Security Agreement No.  ###-###-####

OCTOBER 31, 2007

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Aldagen, Inc., a Delaware corporation, located at the address stated below (“Maker”) promises, jointly and severally if more than one, to pay to the order of Oxford Finance Corporation or any subsequent holder hereof (each, a “Payee”) at its office located at 133 N. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 or at such other place as Payee or the holder hereof may designate, the principal sum of Two Hundred Sixty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($260,000.00), with interest on the unpaid principal balance, from the date hereof through and including the dates of payment, at a fixed interest rate of ten and sixty-one one-hundredths percent (10.61%) per annum, in forty-two (42) consecutive monthly installments of principal and interest as follows:

each (“Periodic Installment”) and a final installment which shall be in the amount of the total outstanding principal and interest. The first and last Periodic Installment shall be due and payable on or about October 26, 2007 and the following Periodic Installments and the final installment shall be due and payable on the same day of each succeeding month (each, a “Payment Date”) beginning on December 1, 2007. Such installments have been calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Each payment may, at the option of the Payee, be calculated and applied on an assumption that such payment would be made on its due date. Receipt of the last Periodic Installment in advance has the effect of increasing the interest rate to eleven and eighteen one-hundredths percent (11.18%) per annum (the amortizated “Effective Rate”).

The acceptance by Payee of any payment which is less than payment in full of all amounts due and owing at such time shall not constitute a waiver of Payee’s right to receive payment in full at such time or at any prior or subsequent time.

The Maker hereby expressly authorizes the Payee to insert the date value is actually given in the blank space on the face hereof and on all related documents pertaining hereto.

This Note may be secured by a security agreement, chattel mortgage, pledge agreement or like instrument (each of which is hereinafter called a “Security Agreement” and any Security Agreement, this Note and any other document evidencing or securing this loan is hereinafter called a “Debt Document”).

Time is of the essence hereof. If any installment or any other sum due under this Note or any Security Agreement is not received when due, the Maker agrees to pay, in addition to the amount of each such installment or other sum, a late payment charge of five percent (5%) of the amount of said installment or other sum, but not exceeding any lawful maximum. If (i) Maker fails to make payment of any amount due hereunder; or (ii) Maker is in default under, or fails to perform under any term or condition contained in any Security Agreement, then the entire principal sum remaining unpaid, together with all accrued interest thereon and any other sum payable under this Note or any Security Agreement, at the election of Payee, shall immediately become due and payable, with interest thereon at the lesser of fourteen percent (14%) per annum or the highest rate not prohibited by applicable law from the date of such accelerated maturity until paid (both before and after any judgment).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Security Agreement, Maker may not prepay in full or in part any indebtedness hereunder without the express written consent of Payee in its sole discretion.

The Maker and all sureties, endorsers, guarantors or any others (each such person, other than the Maker, an “Obligor”) who may at any time become liable for the payment hereof jointly and severally consent hereby to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers or modifications of, and all substitutions or releases of, security or of any party primarily or secondarily liable on this Note or any Security Agreement or any term and provision of either, which may be made, granted or consented to by Payee, and agree that suit may be brought and maintained against any one or more of them, at the election of Payee without joinder of any other as a party thereto, and that Payee shall not be required first to foreclose, proceed against, or exhaust any security hereof in order to enforce payment of this Note. The Maker and each Obligor hereby waives presentment, demand for payment, notice of nonpayment, protest, notice of protest, notice of dishonor, and all other notices in connection herewith, as well as filing of suit (if permitted by law) and diligence in collecting this Note or enforcing any of the security hereof, and agrees to pay (if and to the extent permitted by law) all expenses incurred in collection, including Payee’s actual attorneys’ fees. Maker and each Obligor agrees that fees not in excess of fifteen percent (15%) of the amount then due shall be deemed reasonable.

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Maker and Lender intend to strictly comply with all applicable federal and Virginia laws, including applicable usury laws (or the usury laws of any jurisdiction whose usury laws are deemed to apply to the Note or any other Debt Document despite the intension and desire of the parties to apply the usury laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia). Accordingly, the provisions of this paragraph shall govern and control over every other provision of this Note or any other Debt Document which conflicts or is inconsistent with this Section, even if such provision declares that it controls. As used in this paragraph, the term “interest” includes the aggregate of all charges, fees, benefits or other compensation which constitute interest under applicable law, provided that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, (a) any non-principal payment shall be characterized as an expense or as compensation for something other than the use, forbearance or detention of money and not as interest, and (b) all interest at any time contracted for, reserved, charged or received shall be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread, in equal parts during the full term of the obligations. In no event shall Maker or any other person be obligated to pay, or Holder have any right or privilege to reserve, receive or retain, (a) any interest in excess of the maximum amount of non-usurious interest permitted under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia or the applicable laws (if any) of the United States or of any other state, or (b) total interest in excess of the amount which Holder could lawfully have contracted for, reserved, received, retained or charged had the interest been calculated for the full term of the obligations. On each day, if any, that the interest rate (the “Stated Rate”) called for under this Note or any other Debt Document exceeds the maximum non-usurious rate, the rate at which interest shall accrue shall automatically be fixed by operation of this sentence at the maximum non-usurious rate for that day. Thereafter, interest shall accrue at the Stated Rate unless and until the Stated Rate again exceeds the maximum non-usurious rate, in which case, the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence shall again automatically operate to limit the interest accrual rate to the maximum non-usurious rate. The daily interest rates to be used in calculating interest at the maximum non-usurious rate shall be determined by dividing the applicable maximum non-usurious rate by the number of days in the calendar year for which such calculation is being made. None of the terms and provisions contained in this Note or in any other Debt Document which directly or indirectly relate to interest shall ever be construed without reference to this paragraph, or be construed to create a contract to pay for the use, forbearance or detention of money at an interest rate in excess of the maximum non-usurious rate. If the term of any obligation is shortened by reason of acceleration of maturity as a result of any Default or by any other cause, or by reason of any required or permitted prepayment, and if for that (or any other) reason Holder at any time, including but not limited to, the stated maturity, is owed or receives (and/or has received) interest in excess of interest calculated at the maximum non-usurious rate, then and in any such event all of any such excess interest shall be canceled automatically as of the date of such acceleration, prepayment or other event which produces the excess, and, if such excess interest has been paid to Holder, it shall be credited pro tanto against the then-outstanding principal balance of Maker’s obligations to Holder, effective as of the date or dates when the event occurs which causes it to be excess interest, until such excess is exhausted or all of such principal has been fully paid and satisfied, whichever occurs first, and any remaining balance of such excess shall be promptly refunded to its payor.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE MAKER HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THIS NOTE, ANY OF THE RELATED DOCUMENTS, ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN MAKER AND PAYEE RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION OR ANY RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND/OR THE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED BETWEEN MAKER AND PAYEE. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS.) THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THE WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS NOTE, ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS, OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THIS TRANSACTION OR ANY RELATED TRANSACTION. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS NOTE MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

This Note and any Security Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the Maker and Payee with respect to the subject matter hereof and supercedes all prior understandings, agreements and representations, express or implied.

No variation or modification of this Note, or any waiver of any of its provisions or conditions, shall be valid unless in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Maker and Payee. Any such waiver, consent, modification or change shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose given.

Any provision in this Note or any Security Agreement which is in conflict with any statute, law or applicable rule shall be deemed omitted, modified or altered to conform thereto.

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Upon receipt of an affidavit of an officer of Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note or any Debt Document which is not of public record, and, in the case of any such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note or other Debt Document, Maker will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note or other Debt Document in the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of like tenor.

It is understood and agreed that this Note and all of the Debt Documents were negotiated and have been or will be delivered to Lender in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which State the parties agree has a substantial relationship to the parties and to the underlying transactions embodied by this Note and the Debt Documents. Maker agrees to furnish to Lender at Lender’s office in Alexandria, VA, all further instruments, certifications and documents to be furnished hereunder. The parties also agree that if collateral is pledged to secure the debt evidenced by this Note, that the state or states in which such collateral is located each have a substantial relationship to the parties and to the underlying transaction embodied by this Note and the Debt Documents.

MAKER AGREES THAT THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE SHALL HAVE THE OPTION BY WHICH STATE LAWS THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED: (A) THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA; OR (B) IF COLLATERAL HAS BEEN PLEDGED TO SECURE THE DEBT EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE, THEN BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OR STATES WHERE THE COLLATERAL IS LOCATED, AT HOLDER’S OPTION. THIS CHOICE OF STATE LAWS IS EXCLUSIVE TO THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE. MAKER SHALL NOT HAVE ANY OPTION TO CHOOSE THE LAWS BY WHICH THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED. MAKER AND GUARANTORS HEREBY CONSENT TO THE EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION OVER IT BY ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN VIRGINIA OR ANY VIRGINIA COURT SELECTED BY HOLDER, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY AND ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE NOTE, THE LOAN AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS. MAKER AND GUARANTORS IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HERE AFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT, ANY CLAIM BASED ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF PROCEEDINGS IN SUCH COURTS IN WHICH PROPER VENUE MAY LIE IN DIVERGENT JURISDICTIONS, AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, MAKER AND GUARANTORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE, THE OTHER DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY.

Confession of Judgment. In the event that this Note or any installment under this Note is not paid when due, whether by maturity or acceleration, Maker hereby appoints and constitutes Mary Zinsner and David J. Lawson, either of whom may act (a Virginia attorney) Maker’s duly constituted attorney-in-fact to confess judgment pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.0-431 et seq. of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, against Maker for all principal and interest due and payable under this Note, together with attorneys’ fees and collection fees as provided in this Note (to the extent permitted by law), which judgment shall be confessed in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Alexandria and/or Fairfax and/or Arlington Counties, Virginia. Maker shall, upon Payee’s request, name such additional or alternative persons designated by Payee as Maker’s duly constituted attorney-in-fact to confess judgment against Maker pursuant to the above Section. Upon request of Payee, Maker also shall agree to the designation of any additional circuit courts in the Commonwealth of Virginia in which judgment may be confessed against Maker. No single exercise of the power to confess judgment shall be deemed to exhaust the power and no judgment against fewer than all the persons constituting Maker shall bar any subsequent action or judgment against any one or more of such persons against whom judgment has not been obtained on this Note.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE:

THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS A CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT PROVISION WHICH CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF IMPORTANT RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE AS A DEBTOR AND ALLOWS THE CREDITOR TO OBTAIN A JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU WITHOUT ANY FURTHER NOTICE.

APPLICATION OF LOAN PROCEEDS AND WIRING INSTRUCTIONS

October 24, 2007

Oxford Finance Corporation

133 North Fairfax Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

You are hereby irrevocably authorized and directed to deliver and apply the proceeds of your loan to the undersigned evidenced by that Note dated OCTOBER 31, 2007, and secured by that Security Agreement No.  ###-###-#### dated May 27, 2003 as follows:

This authorization and direction is given pursuant to the same authority authorizing the above-mentioned borrowing