Exhibit 31.2



Section 302 Certification



I, John W. Burns, certify that:



1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of GlycoGenesys, Inc.;



2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;



3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;



4. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(e)) for the registrant and have:



a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;



b) paragraph reserved pursuant to SEC Release 33-8238



c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and



d) Disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect the registrants internal control over financial reporting



5. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee
of registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):



| | (a) | All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | (b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: May 17, 2004



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|By: |  | /s/    John W. Burns                                                                         
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|    |  | John W. Burns Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)