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	May 08, 2020	Dec. 10, 2018	Oct. 11, 2018	Jun. 25, 2020	May 26, 2020	May 08, 2020	Jan. 23, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Incremental cost								$ 664,000
Shares to be issued									$ 10,000
Common stock issued for service, shares								79,950	199,977
Fair value of warrant								$ 806,000
Warrants exercised								913,180	1,067,437
Consulting Agreements [Member]
Total expense								$ 863,000	$ 856,000
Prepaid expenses								$ 395,000	$ 230,000
Consultants [Member]
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Options issued								10,000
Option issued to related party								10,000
Maximum [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| Consultants [Member]
Weighted average grant date fair value								$ 2.66	$ 17.60
Series V Warrants [Member]
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Warrants exercised				$ 13.75
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Warrants exercised				135,963
Series V Warrants [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Common stock price per share					$ 19.75
Series V Warrants [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
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Series DD Warrants [Member]
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Warrants expired		1,360,960		1,360,960
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Warrants expired			327,729
Series XX Warrants [Member]
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Common stock price per share								$ 18.00
Series YY Warrants [Member]
Fair value of warrant								$ 177,000
Warrant issued								101,839
Series UU warrants [Member]
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Expiration date description	extended from June 11, 2020 to December 31, 2020					extended from June 11, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
Warrants issued	93,593					93,593
Series N Warrants [Member]
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Expiration date description						the expiration date of the Series N warrants was extended to February 18, 2021.	expiration date of the Series N warrants was extended to February 18, 2021