CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - USD ($)	Common Stock [Member]	Preferred Stock - A [Member]	Preferred Stock - B [Member]	Additional paid-in capital [Member]	Treasury stock [Member]	Accumulated (deficit) [Member]	Total
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	$ 6,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 251,640,000	$ (4,000)	$ (266,421,000)	$ (14,779,000)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013	514,589	2,903.3617	1,000
Common stock issued for services	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	349,000	0	0	349,000
Common stock issued for services (in shares)	22,000	0	0
Preferred stock converted into common stock	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	0	0	0	0
Preferred stock converted into common stock (in shares)	4,000	(10.0000)	0
Additional adjustments for reverse stock split	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	0	0	0	0
Additional adjustments for reverse stock split (in shares)	6,609	0	0
Cancel treasury stock	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	(4,000)	4,000	0	0
Cancel treasury stock (in shares)	(3)	0	0
Common stock issued, net of costs	$ 35,000	$ 0	$ 0	12,272,000	0	0	12,307,000
Common stock issued, net of costs (in shares)	3,500,000	0	0
Common stock issued for Series A preferred stock	$ 72,000	$ 0	$ 0	(72,000)	0	0	0
Common stock issued for Series A preferred stock (in shares)	7,233,404	(2,893.3617)	0
Common stock issued for Series A preferred stock unpaid dividends and interest	$ 17,000			7,066,000	0	0	7,083,000
Common stock issued for Series A preferred stock unpaid dividends and interest (in shares)	1,728,365
Elimination of derivative liability - preferred stock	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	24,300,000	0	0	24,300,000
Series B preferred stock issued for unpaid Series B dividends and interest	0	0	$ 0	3,047,000	0	0	3,047,000
Series B preferred stock issued for unpaid Series B dividends and interest (in shares)			304
Series B preferred stock issued for unpaid liquidated damages	0	0	$ 0	857,000	0	0	857,000
Series B preferred stock issued for unpaid liquidated damages (in shares)			86
Common stock issued for Series B preferred stock, unpaid dividends and interest and liquidated damages	$ 70,000		$ 0	(70,000)	0	0	0
Common stock issued for Series B preferred stock, unpaid dividends and interest and liquidated damages (in shares)	6,951,837		(1,390)
Stock option compensation expense	$ 0	0	$ 0	1,305,000	0	0	1,305,000
Preferred dividends	0	0	0	0	0	(2,875,000)	(2,875,000)
Net loss	0	0	0	0	0	(26,778,000)	(26,778,000)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2014	$ 200,000	$ 0	$ 0	300,690,000	0	(296,074,000)	4,816,000
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014	19,960,801	0	0
Common stock issued for services	$ 1,000	$ 0	$ 0	400,000	0	0	401,000
Common stock issued for services (in shares)	105,177	0
Common stock issued to employees	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	32,000	0	0	32,000
Common stock issued to employees (in shares)	10,000	0	0
Restricted common stock issued to employees	$ 13,000	$ 0	$ 0	4,807,000	0	0	4,820,000
Restricted common stock issued to employees (in shares)	1,350,000	0	0
Exercise of $5.00 warrants	$ 9,000	$ 0	$ 0	4,626,000	0	0	4,635,000
Exercise of $5.00 warrants (in shares)	927,119	0	0
Common stock issued, net of costs	$ 24,000	$ 0	$ 0	6,977,000	0	0	7,001,000
Common stock issued, net of costs (in shares)	2,333,334	0	0
Common stock issued for $8.00 share net of costs	$ 13,000	$ 0	$ 0	8,992,000	0	0	9,005,000
Common stock issued for $8.00 share net of costs (in shares)	1,250,000	0	0
Common stock issued for $5.50 share net of costs	$ 28,000	$ 0	$ 0	15,383,000	0	0	15,411,000
Common stock issued for $5.50 share net of costs (in shares)	2,829,091	0	0
Common stock issued to Abeona Ohio holders	$ 40,000	$ 0	$ 0	31,718,000	0	0	31,758,000
Common stock issued to Abeona Ohio holders (in shares)	3,979,761	0	0
Transfer agent correction 2014 reverse stock split	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	0	0	0	0
Transfer agent correction 2014 reverse stock split (in shares)	(2,270)	0	0
Stock option compensation expense	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	4,368,000	0	0	4,368,000
Preferred dividends							0
Net loss	0	0	0	0	0	(14,526,000)	(14,526,000)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 328,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 377,993,000	$ 0	$ (310,600,000)	$ 67,721,000
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015	32,743,013	0	0