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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 are summarized below.

 

    December 31,  
    2015     2014  
Capitalized research and development costs   $ 150,000     $ 150,000  
Research and development credits     3,239,000       3,239,000  
Stock-based compensation     1,496,000       468,000  
Stock options issued in connection with the payment of debt     276,000       -  
Net operating loss carryforwards     36,663,000       35,977,000  
Accrued compensation     290,000       59,000  
Accrued interest due to related party     70,000       109,000  
Other, net     13,000       32,000  
Total deferred tax assets     42,197,000       40,034,000  
Valuation allowance     (42,197,000 )     (40,034,000 )
Net deferred tax assets   $ -     $ -  

Reconciliation of Income Tax Rate Federal Statutory Rate and Effective Tax Rate

Reconciled below is the difference between the income tax rate computed by applying the U.S. federal statutory rate and the effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014.

 

    Years Ended December 31,  
    2015     2014  
             
U. S. federal statutory tax rate     (35.0 )%     (35.0 )%
Stock-based compensation     - %     27.5 %
Change in valuation allowance     31.1 %     7.6 %
Amortization of warrant discounts     4.0 %     - %
Fair value of stock options issued in payment of debt     - %     0.5 %
Other     (0.1 )%     (0.6 )%
Effective tax rate     0.0 %     0.0 %