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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001019056-06-000441
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060415
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060418
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060418

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000830656
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MEASURING & CONTROLLING DEVICES, NEC [3829]
		IRS NUMBER:				042652826
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		321 MANLEY STREET
		CITY:			WEST BRIDGEWATER
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02379
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5085801818

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		321 MANLEY STREET
		CITY:			WEST BRIDGEWATER
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02379

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BOSTON BIOMEDICA INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960812

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PAYNE J DONALD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001275292

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21615
		FILM NUMBER:		06764465

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6015 OAK CREEK LANE
		CITY:			SPRING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77379
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-04-15</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000830656</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PBIO</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001275292</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>PAYNE J DONALD</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>6015 OAK CREEK LANE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SPRING</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77379</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>3.97</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-04-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>15000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2006-04-15</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2016-04-15</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>15000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>15000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The options are fully vested.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Power of Attorney filed as Exhibit 24-1 to the Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2005.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ RICHARD T. SCHUMACHER,  Attorney-in-Fact for J. Donald Payne</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-04-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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