Exhibit 24.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Athersys, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), hereby constitutes and appoints Gil Van Bokkelen, William Lehmann, Jr. and Laura Campbell, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign for him the registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all amendments to said registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, of equity securities of Athersys, Inc., and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hands as of the 6th day of September 2007.
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| /s/ Lorin J. Randall |
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Lorin J. Randall
Director |
