Aethlon Medical Releases Ebola & Marburg Treatment Report
Aethlon Medical, Inc., (OTCBB:AEMD) disclosed today that a report entitled, “The Aethlon Hemopurifier® – A Novel Treatment Strategy for Ebola & Marburg Haemorrhagic Fevers” is available to be accessed online at http://aethlonmedical.com/pdfs/cdcreportoct07.pdf.
Ebola and Marburg are untreatable with antiviral drug and vaccine therapy, and are considered among the most deadly bioterror and pandemic threats known to mankind. The report discloses pre-clinical data that supports the potential use of the Hemopurifier® as treatment for Ebola and Marburg.
About Aethlon Medical
Aethlon Medical is the developer of the Hemopurifier®, a first-in-class medical device to treat infectious disease. The Hemopurifier® addresses the largest opportunity in infectious disease, the treatment of drug and vaccine resistant viruses. Regulatory and commercialization initiatives in the United States are focused on bioterror threats, while international initiatives are directed towards naturally evolving pandemic threats, and chronic infectious disease conditions including Hepatitis-C (HCV) and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Collaborative studies to demonstrate utility of the Hemopurifier® are being conducted with researchers at the Government of India’s National Institute of Virology (NIV), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), and The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR). Aethlon recently demonstrated safety of the Hemopurifier® in a 24-treatment human study and has received approval to continue further human studies at The Fortis Hospital in India. The Company has also submitted an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) related to advancing the Hemopurifier® as a broad-spectrum treatment countermeasure against category “A” bioterror threats. Additional information regarding Aethlon Medical and its Hemopurifier® technology can be accessed online at www.aethlonmedical.com.
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