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Segment Information
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Segment Information [Abstract]  
Segment Information
11.
Segment Information

BioTime’s executive management team, as a group, represents the entity’s chief operating decision makers. To date, BioTime’s executive management team has viewed BioTime’s operations as one segment that includes, the research and development of therapeutic products for oncology, orthopedics, retinal and neurological diseases and disorders, blood and vascular system diseases and disorders, blood plasma volume expansion, diagnostic products for the early detection of cancer, and hydrogel products that may be used in surgery, and products for human embryonic stem cell research. As a result, the financial information disclosed materially represents all of the financial information related to BioTime’s sole operating segment.