Organization, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Organization, Basis of Presentation and Liquidity [Abstract]

BioTime's ownership of outstanding shares of its subsidiaries

The following table reflects BioTime’s ownership, directly or through one or more subsidiaries, of the outstanding shares of its operating subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015.

Subsidiary	Field of Business	BioTime Ownership	Country
Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc.	Human therapeutic products from stem cells, focused initially in the fields of neurology and oncology	57.1%	USA
Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd.	Products to treat age-related macular degeneration	62.5%(1)	Israel
ES Cell International Pte Ltd	Stem cell products for research, including clinical grade cell lines produced under cGMP	100%	Singapore
LifeMap Sciences, Inc.	Biomedical, gene, disease, and stem cell databases and tools	77.9%	USA
LifeMap Sciences, Ltd.	Biomedical, gene, disease, and stem cell databases and tools	(2)	Israel
LifeMap Solutions, Inc.	Mobile health software	(2)	USA
OncoCyte Corporation	Cancer diagnostics	57.7%	USA
OrthoCyte Corporation	Developing bone grafting products for orthopedic diseases and injuries	100%	USA
ReCyte Therapeutics, Inc.	Research and development involved in stem cell-derived endothelial and cardiovascular related progenitor cells for the treatment of vascular disorders, ischemic conditions and brown adipocytes for type-2 diabetes and obesity	94.8%	USA

(1) Includes shares owned by BioTime, Asterias and ESI.

(2) LifeMap Sciences, Ltd. and LifeMap Solutions, Inc. are wholly-owned subsidiaries of LifeMap Sciences, Inc.