SAN DIEGO, Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:AEMD), the pioneer in developing therapeutic filtration devices to address infectious disease and cancer, announced today that it will begin accepting orders for its Enzyme Linked Lectin Specific Assay (ELLSA) from researchers that require a highly sensitive diagnostic tool to detect the presence of exosomes in cell culture, ascites, and other biological fluids, including blood.
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“We are going to produce ELLSA on a limited basis to satisfy the organic demand for our technology, which is primarily being driven by researchers who participated in a beta-testing program,” stated Aethlon CEO, Jim Joyce. “However, as our focus is directed toward advancing Aethlon ADAPT system therapies, we plan to license or sell ELLSA to an organization that is already established in the research diagnostics field.” Each ELLSA plate allows for up to 96 exosome detection tests. Further analysis of the captured exosomes is possible through detection molecules such as antibodies linked to a specific biomarker on the exosome. ELLSA has demonstrated the ability to identify and quantify the presence of exosomes produced by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and tuberculosis (TB), as well as all forms of cancer tested to date. The introductory price for each ELLSA order placed by November 30, 2011 is $179.00 per kit. To place an order, contact Paul Duffin at 858-459-7800 x306, or by email at paul@aethlonmedical.com. Aethlon Medical is offering ELLSA for research purposes only and not for human use.
About Aethlon Medical
The Aethlon Medical mission is to create innovative medical devices that address unmet medical needs in cancer, infectious disease, and other life-threatening conditions. Our Aethlon ADAPT System is a revenue-stage technology platform that provides the basis for a new class of therapeutics that target the selective removal of disease enabling particles from the entire circulatory system. The Aethlon ADAPT product pipeline includes the Aethlon Hemopurifier® to address infectious disease and cancer; HER2osome to target HER2+ breast cancer, and a medical device being developed under a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that would reduce the incidence of sepsis in combat-injured soldiers and civilians. For more information, please visit www.aethlonmedical.com.
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 ability to generate revenues from the ELLSA diagnostic product, the ability to achieve the goals set out in the DARPA contract, the ability to demonstrate ex vivo effectiveness of the Aethlon Hemopurifier® to remove immunosuppressive exosomes from the blood of advanced-stage cancer patients, future therapeutic trials in cancer patients, future human studies of the Aethlon Hemopurifier® as an adjunct therapy to improve patient responsiveness to established cancer therapies, the Hemopurifier’s® ability to capture exosomes and the impact it may have on disease conditions, 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 either internally or through outside companies 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.
Contacts:
James A. Joyce
Chairman and CEO
858.459.7800 x301
jj@aethlonmedical.com
Jody Cain
Senior Vice President, Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates
310.691.7100
jcain@lhai.com
Jim Frakes
Chief Financial Officer
858.459.7800 x300
jfrakes@aethlonmedical.com
John P. Salvador
Director, Communications & Investor Relations
858.459.7800 x307
jps@aethlonmedical.com
SOURCE Aethlon Medical, Inc.
