Form: POS AM

Post-effective amendment to a registration statement that is not immediately effective upon filing

April 14, 2010

 
Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors
Novelos Therapeutics, Inc.

We consent to the use of our report dated March 23, 2010, relating to the financial statements of Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the years then ended in the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Novelos Therapeutics, Inc., relating to the registration of 15,601,703 shares of common stock. We also consent to the use of our name and the reference to us in the ‘‘Experts’’ section of this registration statement.

/s/ Stowe & Degon LLC

Westborough, Massachusetts
April 14, 2010