September 5, 2024

Christopher Giordano
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.
101 Glen Lennox Drive, Suite 300
Chapel Hill, NC 27517

       Re: Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.
           Registration Statement on Form S-3
           Filed August 30, 2024
           File No. 333-281873
Dear Christopher Giordano:

       This is to advise you that we have not reviewed and will not review your 
registration
statement.

       Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. 
We remind you that
the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of 
their
disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action 
by the staff.

       Please contact Alan Campbell at 202-551-4224 with any questions.



                                                           Sincerely,

                                                           Division of 
Corporation Finance
                                                           Office of Life 
Sciences
cc:   Lorna A. Knick