Exhibit 23.1

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting a part of this Registration Statement of our report dated February
13, 2004 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Hemispherx
Biopharma, Inc. and subsidiaries appearing in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2003. We also consent to the
reference to us under the caption "Experts" in the Prospectus.

/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP
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BDO Seidman, LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 13, 2004