Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	65 Months Ended		1 Months Ended					2 Months Ended	1 Months Ended																						2 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	Apr. 30, 2008	Sep. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2011 Minimum	Oct. 31, 2011 Maximum	Jun. 30, 2012 Private Placement memorandum	Jun. 30, 2009 Private Placement memorandum	Dec. 31, 2008 Investor Relations Services	Jun. 30, 2007 Founders	Apr. 30, 2012 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC	Mar. 31, 2012 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC	Dec. 31, 2011 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC	Nov. 30, 2011 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC	Jun. 30, 2011 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC	Nov. 30, 2010 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC	Oct. 31, 2010 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC	Sep. 30, 2010 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC	Jul. 31, 2010 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC	Jun. 30, 2010 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC	Jun. 30, 2010 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC Minimum	Jun. 30, 2010 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC Maximum	Apr. 30, 2012 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC Scenario 1	Apr. 30, 2012 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC Scenario 2	Apr. 30, 2012 Equity Unit Purchase Agreements LPC Scenario 3	Jun. 30, 2010 LPC financing agreement LPC	Jun. 30, 2010 LPC financing agreement DueDiligenceEfforts LPC	Jun. 30, 2011 Investors Private Placement memorandum	May 31, 2010 Investors Private Placement memorandum	Jan. 31, 2010 Investors Private Placement memorandum	Jun. 30, 2009 Investors Private Placement memorandum	Aug. 31, 2007 Investors Private Placement memorandum	Dec. 31, 2009 Investors Private Placement memorandum	Apr. 30, 2011 Investors Private Placement memorandum	Aug. 31, 2007 Investors Additional Shares	Jan. 31, 2010 Investors Additional Shares Private Placement memorandum	Aug. 31, 2007 Placement Agent	Jun. 30, 2011 Placement Agent Private Placement memorandum	May 31, 2010 Placement Agent Private Placement memorandum	Jan. 31, 2010 Placement Agent Private Placement memorandum	Jun. 30, 2009 Placement Agent Private Placement memorandum	Nov. 30, 2007 MD Anderson Cancer Center	Apr. 30, 2008 BioPathHoldingsInc	Feb. 29, 2008 BioPathHoldingsInc	Feb. 29, 2008 Ogden Golf Co.
Shareholders Equity [Line Items]
Common stock and warrants issued, shares					0			0								6,505,994		166,667	172,414	83,333	164,853	135,135	135,135	125,000	375,000	571,429			89,286	96,154	185,185		12,000	5,980,685				3,975,000			1,333,334		530,833	598,069	78,000	360,000	66,000		200,000	80,000
Common stock issued , value																$ 6,506																						$ 993,750		$ 1,794,205	$ 1,000,000
Common stock issued , shares	50,000												150,000																																			3,138,889
Common stock issued merger transactions, shares																																																		38,023,578
Common stock retained shareholders, shares																																																			3,600,000
Common stock issued for services, value			180,000												40,000
Common stock issued, additional shares			24
Common stock issued for service, shares	18,500												18,500		100,000
Common stock and warrant issued, shares														660,000																					780,000	2,700,000						900,000
Common stock repurchased, shares																																			780,000	2,700,000	660,000					900,000
Common stock and warrants issued, Value																																			273,000		165,000		675,000			225,000
Warrants exercisable period																																			2 years	2 years	2 years					2 years
Warrants exercise price																										$ 1.50									$ 1.50		$ 1.50					$ 1.50
Warrants exercise price																																				$ 1.50
Equity purchase agreement value																										7,000,000	50,000	1,000,000
Agreement period																										24 months
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrant from LPC						973,146	1,533,425		7,412,331									50,000	50,000	25,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	150,000	200,000			25,000	25,000	50,000
Committed shares issued																		2,084	2,084	1,042	2,084	2,084	2,084	2,084	6,251				1,042	1,042	2,084	566,801
Warrants issued, shares																	0			0	0	0	0	0	0									0
Common stock issued for exercise of warrant (in shares)		1,920,000
Common stock issued for exercise of warrant		576,000
Warrant Exercise Date											Sep. 30, 2011	Oct. 31, 2011
Stock warrants granted, shares
Common stock issued for services				$ 795,001		$ 18,500			$ 318,500
Common Stock, shares issued				58,918,713		58,918,713			58,918,713	58,325,169
Common Stock, shares outstanding				58,918,713		58,918,713			58,918,713	58,325,169
Preferred Stock, shares outstanding				0		0			0	0