BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
BASIS OF PRESENTATION [Abstract]
Deficit accumulated during the development stage	$ 102,979,296	$ 98,732,460
Number of patents issued	32

Cumulative net losses reported during the development stage.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 915

-SubTopic 210

-Section 45

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6472335&loc=d3e37729-110921

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