Aethlon Medical Announces Avian Flu Treatment Application

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2006--Aethlon Medical, Inc., (OTCBB:AEMD), a pioneer in developing therapeutic devices for infectious disease, announced today that it is expanding the applications of its Hemopurifier(TM) treatment technology to include the H5N1 strain of the Avian Flu Virus. The rapid progression of H5N1 infection allows only a brief treatment window with antiviral drugs. The Hemopurifier will target the direct capture of H5N1 and modulation of the immune response as a means to treat when drugs are ineffective or unavailable. In order to advance the H5N1 treatment application, Aethlon will manufacture and ship the treatment devices to established influenza researchers who will seek to establish the benefits of the Hemopurifier as a treatment against Avian Flu.