Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		179 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011
Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations
Revenue	$ 0	$ 0	$ 30,000	$ 0	$ 452,000
Cost of Goods Sold	0	0	17,000	0	332,000
Gross Profit	0	0	13,000	0	120,000
Costs and expenses:
Research and development	216,000	67,000	418,000	168,000	16,742,000
General and administrative (including compensation expense from options and warrants of $379,000, $0, $683,000, $45,000, and $19,923,000, respectively)	661,000	599,000	1,272,000	1,347,000	45,596,000
Asset impairments	0	0	0	0	1,071,000
Total costs and expenses	877,000	666,000	1,690,000	1,515,000	63,409,000
Loss from operations	(877,000)	(666,000)	(1,677,000)	(1,515,000)	(63,289,000)
Reversal of liability on cancellation of debt	0	0	0	0	1,541,000
Gain on litigation settlement	0	0	0	1,900,000	1,900,000
Other income	1,000	29,000	2,000	29,000	251,000
Income (Loss) Before Income Tax Benefits	(876,000)	(637,000)	(1,675,000)	414,000	(59,597,000)
Income tax benefits	0	0	0	0	384,000
Net Income (Loss)	(876,000)	(637,000)	(1,675,000)	414,000	(59,213,000)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiary	0	0	0	0	1,272,000
Net Income (Loss) attributable to Torvec, Inc.	(876,000)	(637,000)	(1,675,000)	414,000	(57,941,000)
Preferred stock beneficial conversion feature	0	0	0	0	763,000
Preferred stock dividends	68,000	55,000	136,000	130,000	1,814,000
Net Income (Loss) attributable to Torvec, Inc. common stockholders	$ (944,000)	$ (692,000)	$ (1,811,000)	$ 284,000	$ (60,518,000)
Net Income (Loss) per common share attributable to stockholders of Torvec, Inc.:
Basic	$ (0.02)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.04)	$ 0.01
Diluted	$ (0.02)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.04)	$ 0.01
Weighted average number of shares of common stock:
Basic	45,698,000	36,888,000	45,694,000	36,530,000
Diluted	45,698,000	36,888,000	45,694,000	36,601,000