Statements of Operations - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
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Sep. 30, 2020 |
Sep. 30, 2019 |
Sep. 30, 2020 |
Sep. 30, 2019 |
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| Statements of Operations | ||||
| Revenue, Product and Service [Extensible List] | us-gaap:GrantMember | us-gaap:GrantMember | us-gaap:GrantMember | us-gaap:GrantMember |
| Grant revenue | $ 147,787 | $ 0 | $ 154,302 | $ 0 |
| Cost, Product and Service [Extensible List] | us-gaap:GrantMember | us-gaap:GrantMember | us-gaap:GrantMember | us-gaap:GrantMember |
| Cost of grant revenue | $ 147,787 | $ 154,302 | ||
| Gross profit | 0 | $ 0 | 0 | $ 0 |
| Operating expenses: | ||||
| Research and development | 494,548 | 250,773 | 1,161,537 | 804,741 |
| General and administrative | 677,967 | 471,272 | 1,773,615 | 1,520,325 |
| Total operating expenses | 1,172,515 | 722,045 | 2,935,152 | 2,325,066 |
| Loss from continuing operations before interest | (1,172,515) | (722,045) | (2,935,152) | (2,325,066) |
| Other expenses: | ||||
| Interest expense, net | 1,358 | 2,763 | 2,480 | 3,072 |
| Warrant inducement expense | 3,720,866 | 0 | 3,720,866 | 0 |
| Total other expenses | 3,722,224 | 2,763 | 3,723,346 | 3,072 |
| Loss from continuing operations | (4,894,739) | (724,808) | (6,658,498) | (2,328,138) |
| Loss from discontinued operations | 0 | (78,796) | 0 | (768,047) |
| Loss on sale of discontinued operations | 0 | (9,107) | 0 | (9,107) |
| Net loss | $ (4,894,739) | $ (812,711) | $ (6,658,498) | $ (3,105,292) |
| Loss from continuing operations per share - basic and fully diluted (in dollars per share) | $ (1.28) | $ (0.49) | $ (2.04) | $ (1.60) |
| Loss from discontinued operations per share - basic and fully diluted (in dollars per share) | 0.00 | (0.06) | 0.00 | (0.53) |
| Net loss per share - basic and fully diluted | $ (1.28) | $ (0.55) | $ (2.04) | $ (2.13) |
| Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic and fully diluted (in shares) | 3,821,717 | 1,474,001 | 3,264,860 | 1,460,507 |
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