EXHIBIT 32.1
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                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Report") of NeoStem,
Inc. (the "Corporation") for the year ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Robin L. Smith, Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to
my knowledge, that:


     (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Corporation.


Dated: March 28, 2007                   /s/ Robin L. Smith
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                                        Robin L. Smith M.D.
                                        Chief Executive Officer


The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter
63 of Title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Report
or as a separate disclosure document.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement
required by Section 906, has been provided to the Corporation and will be
retained by the Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission or its staff upon request.

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