SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                        REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
                             SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                           AMARILLO BIOSCIENCES, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


              Texas                                       75-1974352
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 (State or Other Jurisdiction of              (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  Incorporation or Organization)


                 4134 Business Park Drive, Amarillo, Texas 79110
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                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


                         2003 Stock for Consultants Plan
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                            (Full Title of the Plan)


                                Joseph M. Cummins
                            4134 Business Park Drive
                              Amarillo, Texas 79110
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                     (Name and Address of Agent For Service)


                                 (806) 376-1741
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          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)


                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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  Title of Each                        Proposed      Proposed
    Class of                            Maximum       Maximum
   Securities           Amount         Offering      Aggregate       Amount Of
      To Be              To Be           Price       Offering      Registration
   Registered         Registered       Per Unit        Price            Fee
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   Common Stock,      100,000 (1)     $0.430 (2)      $43,000          $3.48
  $0.01 par value
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                 Notes to Calculation of Registration Fee Chart
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(1)      The number of shares of common stock set forth to be  registered is the
         number of  additional  shares that will be issued  under the 2003 Stock
         for Consultants Plan (the "Plan"),  over and above the number of shares
         previously registered. This Registration Statement shall also cover any
         additional  shares of common stock which become issuable under the Plan
         by reason of any stock  dividend,  stock  split,  recapitalization,  or
         other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration
         which  results in an  increase in the number of  outstanding  shares of
         common stock of Amarillo Biosciences, Inc.

(2)      Calculated on the basis of the average of the over-the-counter high and
         low  prices  on  October  22,  2003,  pursuant  to Rule  457(c)  of the
         Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                      REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES

         Reference  is made to Amarillo  Biosciences,  Inc.  S-8,  filed June 6,
2003, SEC File Number  333-105928,  with respect to shares  registered under the
Company's 2003 Stock for  Consultants  Plan.  The contents of said  registration
statement are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.

                                    EXHIBITS

                                  Exhibit Index
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Exhibit Number                                                              Page
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     (5)             Opinion Regarding Legality..............................5

     (23)            Consent of Malone & Bailey, PLLC........................6

                                   SIGNATURES

       The  Registrant.  Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the  requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Amarillo, State of Texas, on October 23, 2003.

                                            AMARILLO BIOSCIENCES, INC.



                                            By:  /s/ Joseph M. Cummins
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                                                Joseph M. Cummins, DVM, Ph.D.
                                                Chairman, President, CEO and
                                                Chief Financial Officer


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       Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
registration  statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.



    /s/  Joseph M. Cummins                Director            October 23, 2003
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         Joseph M. Cummins


    /s/  Katsuaki Hayashibara             Director            October 24, 2003
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         Katsuaki Hayashibara


    /s/  James Cook                       Director            October 28, 2003
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         James Cook


    /s/  Dennis Moore                     Director            October 28, 2003
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         Dennis Moore


    /s/  Stephen T. Chen                  Director            October 23, 2003
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         Stephen T. Chen


    /s/  James A. Page                    Director            October 24, 2003
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         James A. Page











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                                  Exhibit Index
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Exhibit Number                                                              Page
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     (5)           Opinion Regarding Legality................................5

     (23)          Consent of Malone & Bailey, PLLC..........................6


















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