Exhibit 31.1



CERTIFICATION



I, Robert F. McCullough Jr., certify that:



| | (1) | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of CytoCore, Inc.;
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| | (2) | Based on my knowledge, this 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 report;
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| | (3) | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this
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 report;
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| | (4) | I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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| | a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
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| | b. | Designed such internal controls over financial reporting, or caused such internal controls over
financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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| | c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented
in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | d. | Disclosed in this 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; and
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| | (5) | I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing
the equivalent functions):
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| | a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses 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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| | /s/ Robert F. McCullough Jr.
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| | Robert F. McCullough Jr.    
| | Chief Executive Officer and 
| | Chief Financial Officer     
| | Dated: August 20, 2012