Acquisition of Aquarius Biotechnologies, Inc. (Details) - Aquarius Biotechnologies, Inc. [Member]	1 Months Ended
	Jan. 29, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of 4,608,020 of common stock issued at a price per share of $0.46 as of January 29, 2015 the closing date of the merger.	$ 2,119,689
Fair value of potential Matinas common stock as contingent consideration that will be issued upon achieving certain future clinical milestone	422,609	[1]
Fair value of potential Matinas common stock as contingent consideration that will be issued upon achieving certain future regulatory milestone	330,737	[1]
Total consideration	$ 2,873,035

[1] Reflects recognition of the estimated fair value of the contingent consideration payable with issuance of Matinas common stock upon achievement of certain future clinical and regulatory milestones, the achievement of which is uncertain. The fair value of the additional shares were established by assigning probabilities and projected dates of positive outcome for the milestones and valuing the future issuance of the shares by using the Black-Scholes options pricing model to account for the uncertainty in the future value of the shares. The value of the shares as derived using the options pricing model were then weighted based on the probability of achieving the milestones to determine the fair market value of the additional shares. See footnote C-15 for additional details.