EXHIBIT 23.1



                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

    
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Forms S-8 (No. 33-98104 and No. 33-98138) and in the Prospectus
constituting part of the Registration Statements on Forms S-3 (No. 333-02730 and
No. 333-08993) of Boston Life Sciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the
"Company") of our report dated February 18, 1997, except as to the last 
paragraph of Note 9 which is as of November 19, 1997, appearing on page 17
of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 
1996.     



/s/ PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
    
Price Waterhouse LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
November 19, 1997