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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the quarterly period ended June 30, 2008
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OR
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¨
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the transition period from ______________________________ to
_________________________
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Delaware
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33-0311631
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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Large
accelerated filer ¨
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Accelerated
filer ¨
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Non-accelerated
filer ¨
(Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller
reporting company þ
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Page
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PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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3 |
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Condensed
Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2008 (unaudited) and December 31,
2007
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3
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Condensed
Statements of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended June
30, 2008
and 2007 (unaudited)
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4
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Condensed
Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months ended June 30, 2008
and 2007
(unaudited)
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5
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Notes
to Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited)
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6
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Item
2.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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15
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
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19
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Item
4T.
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Controls
and Procedures
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19
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PART
II.
OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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21
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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21
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Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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21
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Item
3.
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Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
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21
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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21
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Item
5.
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Other
Information
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21
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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22
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SIGNATURES
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23
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Exhibit
31.1
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Exhibit
31.2
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Exhibit
32.1
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Exhibit
32.2
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June 30
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December 31
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2008 (unaudited)
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2007
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Assets
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Current
assets:
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Cash
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$
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7,592
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$
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21,936
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Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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43,715
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33,419
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Total
current assets
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51,307
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55,355
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Deposits
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29,679
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29,679
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Equipment
and leasehold improvements, net
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32,397
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128,100
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Investment
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520,000
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520,000
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Total
assets
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$
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633,383
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$
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733,134
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Liabilities
and stockholders' deficit
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$
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1,126,476
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$
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827,626
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Accrued
liabilities
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510,462
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794,312
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Secured
note payable - related party, net of unamortized debt
discount
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6,369,366
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5,876,000
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Current
maturities of notes payable
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519,071
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419,071
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Total
current liabilities
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8,525,375
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7,917,009
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Notes
payable, net of current maturities
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—
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100,000
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Total
liabilities
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8,525,375
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8,017,009
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Commitments
and contingencies (Note 9)
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Stockholders'
deficit:
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Convertible
preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized;
65,646
shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2008 and December 31,
2007 -
liquidation preference of $9,607,426 and $9,464,500 at June 30,
2008 and
December 31, 2007, respectively.
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6,019,917
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6,019,917
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Common
stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000,000 shares authorized; 97,384,453
and
73,722,232 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2008
and December 31, 2007, respectively
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973,845
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737,222
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Additional
paid-in capital
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57,346,505
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56,227,221
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Accumulated
deficit
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(72,232,259
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)
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(70,268,235
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)
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Total
stockholders' deficit
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(7,891,992
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)
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(7,283,875
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Total
liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
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$
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633,383
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$
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733,134
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Three months ended
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Six months ended
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June 30,
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June 30,
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2008
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2007
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2008
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2007
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Revenues:
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Contract
revenue
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$
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—
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$
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131,530
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$
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—
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$
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267,618
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Product
and other income
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6,755
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—
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6,755
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—
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Total
revenues
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6,755
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131,530
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6,755
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267,618
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Operating
expenses:
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Research
and development
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573,516
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628,131
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1,125,490
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1,273,152
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Selling,
general and administrative
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302,181
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351,596
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511,492
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671,299
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Total
expenses
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875,697
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979,727
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1,636,982
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1,944,451
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Net
loss from operations
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(868,942
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)
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(848,197
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(1,630,227
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(1,676,833
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Other
income (expense):
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Interest
and other income
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—
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145
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—
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9,655
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Interest
and other expense
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(208,314
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)
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(111,949
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)
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(378,242
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(205,343
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Gain
on sale of equipment
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40,646
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—
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40,646
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—
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Gain
on settlement
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—
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—
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—
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193,917
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Total
other income (expense)
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(167,668
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(111,804
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(337,596
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(1,771
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Net
loss
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(1,036,610
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(960,001
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(1,967,823
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(1,678,604
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Undeclared,
imputed and/or paid dividends on preferred stock
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69,030
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69,219
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138,060
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146,003
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Net
loss applicable to common shareholders
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$
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(1,105,640
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$
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(1,029,220
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$
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(2,105,883
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$
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(1,824,607
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Basic
and diluted net loss per common share
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$
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(0.01
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$
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(0.02
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$
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(0.02
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$
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(0.03
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Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding – basic and
diluted
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94,582,408
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67,809,204
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87,380,889
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67,665,558
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Six months
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Ended
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June 30
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June
30
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2008
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2007
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Operating
activities
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Net
loss
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$
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(1,967,823
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$
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(1,678,604
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Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used for operating
activities:
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Depreciation
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35,349
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50,609
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Share-based
compensation expense
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4,257
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109,082
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Debt
discount amortization
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89,978
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—
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Gain
on sale of fixed assets
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(40,646
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—
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Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Deposits
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—
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(1,600
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)
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Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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(10,296
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(67,268
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)
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Rent
receivable
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—
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30,000
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Accounts
payable
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298,850
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(311,488
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)
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Accrued
liabilities
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254,987
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205,357
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Net
cash used for operating activities
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(1,335,344
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(1,663,912
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Investing
activities:
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Proceeds
from sale of equipment
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101,000
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—
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Net
cash provided by investing activities
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101,000
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—
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Financing
activities:
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Net
proceeds from sale of common stock
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1,220,000
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—
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Proceeds
from issuance of debt - related party
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—
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1,695,900
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Net
cash provided by financing activities
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1,220,000
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1,695,900
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Net
increase (decrease) in cash
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(14,344
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)
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31,988
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Cash
at beginning of the period
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21,936
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73,495
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Cash
at end of the period
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$
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7,592
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$
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105,483
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Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information
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Interest
paid
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$
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1,647
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$
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3,834
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Non
cash investing and financing activity
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Issuance
of common stock in settlement of indemnification
obligation
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$
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—
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$
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61,067
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Debt
discount recorded in connection with issuance/amendment of
warrants
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$
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135,449
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$
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—
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Secured
note payable-related party issued for payment of accrued
interest
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$
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538,837
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$
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—
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Note
1.
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Basis
of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies
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Note
2.
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Equipment
and Leasehold Improvements
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June 30,
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December 31,
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2008
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2007
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Laboratory
equipment
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$
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298,000
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$
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1,378,000
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Office
equipment
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60,000
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220,000
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Leasehold
improvements
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—
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360,000
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358,000
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1,958,000
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Less:
accumulated depreciation and amortization
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(326,000
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)
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(1,830,000
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)
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$
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32,000
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$
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128,000
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Note
3.
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Accounts
Payable and Accrued
Liabilities
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June 30,
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December 31,
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2008
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2007
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Payroll
and employee benefits
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$
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49,000
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$
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82,000
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Accrued
interest
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332,000
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585,000
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Insurance
premium financing
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16,000
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22,000
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Directors
fees
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80,000
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60,000
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Other
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33,000
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45,000
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$
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510,000
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$
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794,000
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Note
4.
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Secured
Notes Payable – Related
Party
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Note
5.
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Notes
Payable
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Year Ending
December 31,
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Notes
Payable
Maturities
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2008
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$
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419,000
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2009
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100,000
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Total
maturities
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$
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519,000
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Note
6.
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Common
Stock
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Note
7.
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Stock
Options
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Options
Outstanding
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Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
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Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(Years)
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Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
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11,497,486
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0.65
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5.3
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Issued
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-
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-
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Cancelled
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(74,339
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)
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(0.91
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Exercised
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-
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-
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Outstanding
at June 30, 2008
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11,423,147
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$
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0.65
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4.9
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Exercisable
at June 30, 2008
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11,325,248
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$
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0.66
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4.8
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Note
8.
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Warrants
to Purchase Common Stock
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Number of
Warrants
Outstanding
and
Exercisable
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Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
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|||||
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Outstanding, December 31,
2007
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21,771,220
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$
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0.40
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Granted
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26,100,221
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$
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0.06
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Exercised
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—
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$
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—
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Expired
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(2,798,996
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)
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$
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(0.19
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Outstanding,
June 30, 2008
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45,072,445
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$
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0.18
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Note
9.
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Commitments
and Contingencies
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Note
10.
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Subsequent
Events
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·
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The
Company received proceeds of $355,000 for the purchase of 9,923,529
shares
of common stock and 9,923,529 warrants pursuant to the SPA dated
September
27, 2007.
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·
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combine
properties of different proteins found in
nature;
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·
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reproduce
and amplify selected activities of natural
proteins;
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·
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eliminate
undesired properties of natural proteins;
and
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·
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incorporate
synthetic properties via chemical
modifications
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·
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Pervasive,
entity-level control deficiencies across key COSO components in
the
Company’s control environment, including:
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·
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An
absence of independence and financial expertise on the Board of
Directors,
limiting its ability to provide effective
oversight.
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·
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An
absence of a formalized process to manage the Company’s internal controls
over financial reporting and become compliant with Section 404
of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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·
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Insufficient
personnel resources and technical accounting expertise within the
accounting function to provide for adequate segregation of duties
and
resolve non-routine or complex accounting matters;
and
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·
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Inadequate
documentation of policies, procedures, and controls related to
finance and
accounting, including inadequate procedures for appropriately identifying,
assessing, and applying accounting
principles.
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Exhibit Number
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Description
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10.6.1*
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Secured
Promissory Note Replacement Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2008,
between the Company and Matthew J. Szulik.
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10.6.2*
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Secured
Promissory Note issued to Matthew J. Szulik, dated as of January
9,
2008.
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10.6.3*
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Form
of Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock of the Company in
connection
with the Secured Promissory Note issued to Matthew J. Szulik, dated
as of
January 9. 2008.
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31.1
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Certification
of Interim Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange
Act
Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of
the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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31.2
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Certification
of Interim Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange
Act
Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of
the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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32.1
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Certification
of Interim Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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32.2
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Certification
of Interim Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350
as adopted pursuant to Section 960 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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*
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Incorporated
by reference to Registrant’s Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007, SEC File No. 000-19724, as filed with
the
Commission on May 12, 2008.
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PROTEIN
POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Date:
August 19, 2008
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By:
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/s/
James B. McCarthy
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James
B. McCarthy
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Interim
Chief Executive Officer
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Date:
August 19, 2008
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By:
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/s/
James B. McCarthy
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James
B. McCarthy
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Interim
Principal Financial Officer
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1.
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I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Protein Polymer
Technologies, Inc. for the fiscal quarter ended June 30,
2008;
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2.
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Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
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3.
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Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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4.
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The
registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
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(a)
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Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure
that material information relating to the registrant is made known
to us
by others within that entity, particularly during the period in which
this
report is being prepared;
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(b)
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Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
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(c)
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Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
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(d)
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Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting.
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5.
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The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to
the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
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(a)
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All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
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(b)
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Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
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/s/
JAMES B. MCCCARTHY
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James
B. McCarthy
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1.
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I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Protein Polymer
Technologies, Inc. for the fiscal quarter ended June 30,
2008;
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2.
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Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
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3.
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Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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4.
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The
registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
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(a)
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Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure
that material information relating to the registrant is made known
to us
by others within that entity, particularly during the period in which
this
report is being prepared;
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(b)
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Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,
to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
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(c)
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Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation;
and
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(d)
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Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent
fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to
materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
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5.
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The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to
the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
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(a)
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All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
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(b)
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Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
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(1)
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The
Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
and
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(2)
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The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
Registrant.
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(1)
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The
Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
and
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(2)
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The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
Registrant.
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