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Aethlon Medical Receives 2007 Innovative HIV Life Science Leadership Award From The AIDS Institute

Posted on: Monday, 4 December 2006, 09:01 CST

Aethlon Medical, Inc., (OTCBB:AEMD) announced today that it has been selected as the recipient of The AIDS Institute's 2007 Innovative HIV Life Science Leadership Award. The award was given based upon criteria which include: the pursuit of innovative approaches to controlling HIV, the demonstration of a commitment to working within the AIDS community at-large and the continuity of research related to managing HIV-related illness and care. "We are honored to be recognized for our effort to improve HIV care," stated Aethlon Chairman and CEO, James A. Joyce. "We look forward to working with the AIDS Institute and its HIV Research Innovation Program to advance the development of AIDS therapies utilizing our HemopurifierTM technology platform," concluded Joyce.

Aethlon Medical is the first recipient of the Innovative HIV Life Science Award. The AIDS Institute has also awarded National HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Awards to Senators Michael Enzi (WY) and Edward Kennedy (MA), and to Congressmen Joe Barton (TX) and John Dingell (MI). Congresswoman Barbara Lee was the recipient of the National HIV Prevention Award.

About Aethlon Medical

Aethlon Medical has developed a first-in-class medical device to treat infectious disease. The device, known as the HemopurifierTM, is a broad-spectrum treatment countermeasure against drug and vaccine resistant bioweapons, naturally evolving pandemic threats such as H5N1 Avian Flu, and chronic infectious disease targets including Hepatitis-C (HCV) and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Global researcher, Frost & Sullivan, awarded the HemopurifierTM the 2006 Technology Innovation Award for its advances in the field of biodefense. Aethlon has also initiated research on a second generation HemopurifierTM that targets the capture of growth factors inherent in the spread of Cancer. More information on Aethlon Medical and the HemopurifierTM technology can be found at www.aethlonmedical.com.

About The AIDS Institute

The AIDS Institute (TAI) is a leading international AIDS public policy research, advocacy, and education agency headquartered in Washington, DC. The AIDS Institute encourages all individuals to help stop AIDS. Keep the promise made over the last decades. Wear the red ribbon as a demonstration of your concern about and commitment to ending the AIDS epidemic. The red ribbon is a symbol of hope that a cure will be found and a symbol of support for those living with and those working to stop the spread of HIV. Additional information can be found at www.theaidsinstitute.org.

Certain of the statements herein may be forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements involve assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Aethlon Medical, Inc to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the Company's ability to raise capital when needed, the Company's ability to complete the development of its planned products, the ability of the Company to obtain FDA and other regulatory approvals permitting the sale of its products, the Company's ability to manufacture its products and provide its services, the impact of government regulations, patent protection on the Company's proprietary technology, product liability exposure, uncertainty of market acceptance, competition, technological change, and other risk factors. In such instances, actual results could differ materially as a result of a variety of factors, including the risks associated with the effect of changing economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

Source: Business Wire

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