Exhibit 23.1

                                  

Accounting
and Tax
Business
Solutions	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Financial
Services
Technology Services	As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the inclusion of our report, dated August 5, 2005 (except for Note 10 as to which the date is September 13, 2005), relating to the financial statements of ZIOPHARM, Inc., included in this Registration Statement on Form SB-2 and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption “Experts”.
	/s/  VITALE, CATURANO & COMPANY, LTD.
	VITALE, CATURANO & COMPANY, LTD.
	November 14, 2005
	Boston, Massachusetts

Certified Public Accountants          An Independent Member of Baker Tilly International

80 City Square, Boston, Massachusetts     02129           617 • 912 • 9000           FX 617 • 912 • 9001           www.vitale.com