UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

_______________________________

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

 

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 12, 2014

 

Senesco Technologies, Inc.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware	001-31326	84-1368850
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

721 Route 202-206, Suite 130, Bridgewater, NJ	08807
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

 

(908) 864-4444

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

___________________Not applicable_____________________ (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On March 12, 2014, Senesco Technologies, Inc. issued a press release announcing the opening of two new sites in the Republic of South Africa at Pretoria East Hospital and Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. Treatment of the first patient in South Africa has been initiated in Senesco’s Phase 1b/2a clinical study of its product candidate, SNS01-T.

 

A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release of Senesco Technologies, Inc. dated March 12, 2014.

  

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

	SENESCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Dated: March 12, 2014	By:  /s/ Leslie J. Browne, Ph.D.
	Name:	Leslie J. Browne, Ph.D.
	Title:	President and Chief Executive Officer