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| <element id="CYTR_EmployeesAndConsultantsMember" name="EmployeesAndConsultantsMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element id="CYTR_TwoThousandNineteenStockIncentivePlanMember" name="TwoThousandNineteenStockIncentivePlanMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element id="CYTR_ConsultantsMember" name="ConsultantsMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element id="CYTR_WarrantOneMember" name="WarrantOneMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element id="CYTR_WarrantTwoMember" name="WarrantTwoMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element id="CYTR_WarrantThreeMember" name="WarrantThreeMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element id="CYTR_WarrantFourMember" name="WarrantFourMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element id="CYTR_ShareHoldersMember" name="ShareHoldersMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element id="CYTR_StorageSpaceMember" name="StorageSpaceMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element id="CYTR_StevenKriegsmanMember" name="StevenKriegsmanMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" type="nonnum:domainItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element id="CYTR_DocumentAndEntityInformationAbstract" name="DocumentAndEntityInformationAbstract" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| <element id="CYTR_StockholderProtectionRightsPlanAbstract" name="StockholderProtectionRightsPlanAbstract" abstract="true" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" type="xbrli:stringItemType" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item"/> |
| </schema> |