Aethlon Medical Inc (AEMD)

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From March 2015...Aethlon Medical’s Adaptive Dialysis-like Affinity Platform Technology, or ADAPT for short, is the foundation for their flagship product, called the Hemopurifier®, an extracorporeal filtration device that has been shown to selectively and rapidly remove a wide array of viral pathogens, including HIV, and tumor-secreted exosomes from the circulatory system. The company is furthest along with Hepatitis C research. Aethlon disclosed late in February that it has partnered with contract research organization DaVita Clinical Research, a subsidiary of DaVita HealthCare Partners, to provide clinical management services to support additional upcoming clinical trials of the Hemopurifier in end-stage renal disease patients infected with Hepatitis C virus.

Aethlon’s medical device technology is complemented by the exosome expertise of its subsidiary Exosome Sciences Inc. From a broad perspective, research of exosomes, nano-size extracellular vesicles secreted by most every somatic cell and found in bodily fluids, is a rapidly emerging science that leading institutions, such as MD Anderson, have suggested could lead to revolutionary diagnostic tests. While MD Anderson is focused on oncology applications, recent discoveries indicate that exosomes could play a key role in diagnosing, and perhaps treating, degenerative brain conditions.

Aethlon and Exosome Sciences have recently made a potential breakthrough by successfully isolating brain-specific biomarkers in the blood that are associated with a variety of neurodegenerative disorders. Because exosomes can pass through the blood/brain barrier, the microscopic cargo haulers can carry vital information about neurodegenerative conditions happening in the brain. The companies’ research identified exosomes carrying brain-specific markers, including tau, beta-amyloid and other proteins. Tau is of particular interest in CTE research as the accumulation of tau is a hallmark of CTE, a disease often identified in soldiers exposed to blast injury and attributed to suicides of high-profile athletes Junior Seau, Dave Duerson and Andre Waters that can only be officially diagnosed in an autopsy.

The potential to conduct a simple blood test to identify proteins that could implicate a condition like CTE or dementia at an early stage presents an opportunity for a new dynamic to identify and manage life-threatening and debilitating diseases. It also opens the door for innovative approaches as cornerstones to a new paradigm of research. This sort of research takes time, there is no denying that, but thanks to the efforts of organizations like Boston University and UCLA, funding support from the National Institute of Health, the National Football League and General Electric (GE) and the pioneering efforts of companies like Neuralstem and Aethlon Medical, it’s moving faster than ever before.

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