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8-K - ASTERIAS BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. 8-K 6-30-2014 (OUM) - Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc.form8k.htm

Exhibit 16.1
 
July 7, 2014

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.  20549-7561

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have read Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc.’s statements included under Item 4.01 of its Form 8-K dated June 30, 2014, and are in agreement with the statements contained therein concerning our Firm in response to Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K.

Very truly yours,

/s/Rothstein Kass