Aeolus Pharmaceuticals Inc. Drug Protects the Gastrointestinal Tract in Acute Radiation Syndrome Studies Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s National Institute of Allergy And Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

MISSION VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: AOLS) announced today that recent experiments in preclinical models conducted by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Radiation/Nuclear Medical Countermeasure Development program have shown that AEOL 10150 can effectively increase regeneration of gastro-intestinal (GI) stem cells, reduce the severity and duration of diarrhea and improve survival when administered at 24 hours after doses of total-body irradiation that produce the lethal GI syndrome. There are no published studies of agents that accomplish this enhanced stem cell regenerative effect while maintaining GI function and improving survival when administered post irradiation.

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