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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 16, 2013
NEOSTEM, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | 001-33650 (Commission File Number) | 22-2343568 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 350, New York, New York 10170
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
(212) 584-4180
Registrant's Telephone Number
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
NeoStem, Inc. intends, from time to time, to present and/or distribute to the investment community and utilize at various industry and other conferences a slide presentation. The slide presentation is accessible on NeoStem’s website at www.neostem.com and is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. NeoStem undertakes no obligation to update, supplement or amend the materials attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by reference in such a filing.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 16, 2013, NeoStem, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing the the licensing of three families of patents from the University of California, San Francisco ("UCSF"). NeoStem's worldwide exclusive license to these patents provides incremental protection for the Company's human Regulatory T cell ("Treg") platform. UCSF is eligible for development milestones and royalties on any commercial product sales, but the financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Forward Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto, contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are typically preceded by words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “will,” “may,” “should,” or similar expressions, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. Forward-looking statements represent the Company's management's judgment regarding future events. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in the Current Report on Form 8-K are forward-looking statements. The Company cannot guarantee the accuracy of the forward-looking statements, and you should be aware that the Company's actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including the statements under "Risk Factors" contained in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit No. | Description
99.1 | Investor Presentation dated September 2013
99.2 | Press Release, dated September 16, 2013

*Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

|  | NEOSTEM, INC.
|  | By: | /s/ Catherine M. Vaczy |
|  | Name: | Catherine M. Vaczy, Esq.
|  | Title: | Vice President and General Counsel

Dated: September 19, 2013