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Debt (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2007	Dec. 06, 2010	Sep. 26, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Annual Principal Payment	$ 19,200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAnnualPrincipalPayment
Interest Expense, Long-term Debt	300,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseLongTermDebt
Notes Payable	1,600,000us-gaap_NotesPayable				900,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
Secured Long-term Debt, Noncurrent				20,000,000us-gaap_SecuredLongTermDebt
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment	10,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPayment
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Carrying Amount of Mortgages	3,100,000us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateCarryingAmountOfMortgages
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Debt issuance costs	100,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeeAmount
Payment Guarantee [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Long-term Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Convertible Notes Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Purchase of condominium units		3,800,000nbs_PurchaseOfCondominiumUnits / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleNotesPayableMember
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Interest		5.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleNotesPayableMember
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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, New Mortgage Loans		3,100,000us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateNewMortgageLoans / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleNotesPayableMember
NeoStem, Inc. [Member] | Long-term Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Period of Loan	36 months
Debt Instrument, Term	30 months
PCT Allendale, LLC [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment		20,766us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPayment / dei_LegalEntityAxis = nbs_PctAllendaleLlcMember
PCT Allendale, LLC [Member] | Convertible Notes Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Period of Loan			124 months
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Interest			6.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateDuringPeriod / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleNotesPayableMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = nbs_PctAllendaleLlcMember
Debt Instrument, Period of Fixed Interest Rate			64 months
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Carrying Amount of Mortgages					763,000us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateCarryingAmountOfMortgages / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleNotesPayableMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = nbs_PctAllendaleLlcMember
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, New Mortgage Loans			1,000,000us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateNewMortgageLoans / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_ConvertibleNotesPayableMember / dei_LegalEntityAxis = nbs_PctAllendaleLlcMember
Long-term Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross				15,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_LongTermDebtMember
License Agreement Terms [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross				5,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_LicenseAgreementTermsMember
Less than one year [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Annual Principal Payment	2,400,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAnnualPrincipalPayment / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPeriodAxis = us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPeriodOneMember
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Annual Principal Payment	5,700,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAnnualPrincipalPayment / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPeriodAxis = us-gaap_DebtInstrumentRedemptionPeriodTwoMember
Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Three [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Four [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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