Form: 10-K405/A

Annual report [Sections 13 and 15(d), S-K Item 405]

June 6, 2000

CONSENT ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Published on June 6, 2000










EXHIBIT 23



INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 (No. 333-37049), Form
S-8 (No. 333-11691), Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form SB-2 on Form S-3
(No. 333-13409), Form S-3 (No. 333-66003), Form S-3 (No. 333-25323), Form S-3
Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 (No. 333-33838), Post-Effective Amendments Nos. 5 to 8
to Form SB-2 (No. 33-91802), and Form S-8 (No. 333-86201) of Cytocional
Pharmaceutics, Inc. of our report dated February 5, 2000 (with respect to Note
J, March 13, 2000) which is included in the annual report on Form 10-K/A for the
year ended December 31, 1999.



Richard A. Eisner & Company, LLP

New York, New York
June 5, 2000