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The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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Net number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number of options vested.

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Collaborative Agreements (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2015
Number of stock options vested	106,291
Research and development expense	$ 592,351	$ 65,959
Research Agreements [Member]
Research and development expense	$ 0	$ 0
University of Toronto [Member]
Share-based compensation stock options, grants			25,000
Share-based compensation weighted average exercise price			$ 1.00
Share-based payment award, expiration period			10 years
Options expiration date, description			Exercisable over a ten year period which ends on April 1, 2022.
Dr. David Lovejoy [Member] \| Stock Options [Member]
Share-based compensation stock options, grants	553,299
Share-based compensation weighted average exercise price	$ 1.00
Options expiration date, description	These have an exercise price of $1.00, $1.25 or 1.75 and are exercisable over ten or thirteen year periods which end either on March 30, 2021, December 1, 2022, April 15, 2026, March 1, 2027, October 16, 2027 or on February 13, 2030.
Number of stock options vested	431,112
Number of stock options expired	100,000
Dr. David Lovejoy [Member] \| Stock Options [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based compensation weighted average exercise price	$ 1.25
Share-based payment award, expiration period	10 years
Dr. David Lovejoy [Member] \| Stock Options [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based compensation weighted average exercise price	$ 1.75
Share-based payment award, expiration period	13 years