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Monday, September 8, 2014

Aethlon Medical (OTCQB: AEMD) and Exosome Sciences Announce the Advancement of a Broad-Spectrum Cancer Detection and Monitoring Platform

Medical Technology Breaking News: Aethlon Medical (OTCQB: AEMD) and Exosome Sciences Announce the Advancement of a Broad-Spectrum Cancer Detection and Monitoring Platform

SAN DIEGO and PRINCETON, N.J. - September 8, 2014 (Investorideas.com newswire) Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:AEMD), and its diagnostic subsidiary, Exosome Sciences, Inc. (ESI), announced today that ESI researchers have developed and initially validated a lectin-based diagnostic platform that is able to isolate exosome-based biomarkers underlying a broad-spectrum of oncology indications. Aethlon Medical develops targeted therapeutic devices to address infectious disease, cancer and other life-threatening conditions. ESI develops exosome-based solutions to diagnose and monitor cancer and neurodegenerative disorders.

In the validation studies, ESI researchers provided evidence that their diagnostic platform could identify the presence of cancer in analyzed blood samples from individuals suffering from glioblastoma, metastatic melanoma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer. Beyond the potential implications in diagnosing cancer, ESI researchers believe the high-sensitivity of the platform will allow for effective monitoring of cancer progression and response to corresponding therapies. In oncology indications, the sensitivity of the ESI platform also represents an advancement over the ELLSA assay that was originally developed by Aethlon Medical to quantify changes in circulating exosome load resulting from the administration of Aethlon Hemopurifier® therapy. The Hemopurifier® is a first-in-class therapeutic device that targets the rapid elimination of circulating viruses and tumor-secreted exosomes, which in addition to being an oncology biomarker, suppress the immune system and contribute to the spread of metastasis in cancer patients.

Based on previously reported discoveries related to progressive neurodegenerative disorders, Aethlon further disclosed that the ESI team has initiated follow-on studies to advance a candidate blood test to identify and monitor the progression of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). At present, CTE is only diagnosed through postmortem autopsy. CTE has been most commonly found at autopsy in former National Football League (NFL) players and has also been demonstrated to be prevalent in soldiers exposed to blast injury.

In previous disclosures, ESI researchers reported that they had successfully isolated brain-specific biomarkers that could have implications in the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), CTE and Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). The studies provided evidence that the ESI platform could also detect exosomes as a basis for a "liquid biopsy" to diagnose neurologic conditions. While exosomes from the central nervous system had previously been identified in the cerebrospinal fluid, the ESI team identified exosomes carrying brain-specific markers tau, beta-amyloid, glycoprotein A2B5 and S100B protein that had been transported across the blood-brain barrier and into the circulatory system.

"I am immensely proud of the ESI research team as their considerable breadth of collected data reinforces the possibility that a single platform could detect and monitor a wide-range of disease conditions," stated Aethlon Medical CEO Jim Joyce, who also serves as Executive Chairman at ESI. Mr. Joyce founded ESI on behalf of Aethlon Medical shareholders as a means to explore if the lectin-affinity techniques underlying Hemopurifier® therapy could provide a basis for proprietary diagnostic applications.

In the oncology platform validation studies, 198 single point serum specimens (taken at the time of cancer diagnosis) were analyzed from patients with Glioblastoma, Metastatic Melanoma, Breast cancer, Ovarian cancer, Colorectal cancer and Pancreatic cancer, plus 20 age-matched, female and male non-cancer controls. In the studies, the ESI platform was consistently able to differentiate individuals afflicted with cancer as compared to non-cancer controls. The tested serum specimens were obtained from commercial and collaborative academic biorepositories. A breakdown of the analyzed cancer specimens include:
·        Glioblastoma – 5 late stage
·        Metastatic Melanoma – 20 late stage
·        Ovarian cancer - 31 early stage and 114 late stage
·        Colorectal cancer – 7 early stage and 7 late stage
·        Pancreatic cancer – 2 early stage and 12 late stage

Based on the data collected, ESI plans to establish collaborations and clinical partnerships to further validate its platform and identify specific oncology and neurodegenerative indications where the platform offers to improve upon standard of care methods to diagnose and monitor disease progression.

Additional study details will be presented at the Exosomes & Single Cell Analysis Summit to be held on September 18th and 19th, 2014.


About Exosome Sciences, Inc.
Exosome Sciences (ESI), a majority wholly owned subsidiary of Aethlon Medical, Inc., develops exosome-based solutions to improve identification and monitoring of acute and chronic conditions. Our candidate products are focused toward diagnostic advancements in the fields of oncology, infectious disease and brain injury. Exosomes represent an optimal diagnostic target as diseased or injured cells release these particles into body fluids such as urine, blood, saliva and cerebrospinal fluid where they can be accessed for analysis. Our exosome-based assays unlock the ability to identify proteomic and genomic alterations underlying a wide-range of pathologies, thus allowing for the introduction of novel non-invasive "liquid biopsies". Additional information can be found at www.ExosomeSciences.com.

About Aethlon Medical
Aethlon Medical creates medical devices that target unmet therapeutic needs in infectious disease and cancer. The company's lead product is the Aethlon Hemopurifier®, a first-in-class device that selectively targets the rapid elimination of circulating viruses and tumor-secreted exosomes that promote cancer progression. Exosome Sciences, Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary that is advancing exosome-based products to diagnose and monitor cancer, infectious disease and neurological disorders. Additional information can be found online at www.AethlonMedical.com or www.ExosomeSciences.com.

Certain 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, that the ESI will not be able to commercialize its future products, that the FDA will not approve the initiation of the Company's clinical programs or provide market clearance of the company's products, future human studies whether revenue or non-revenue generating of the Aethlon ADAPT™ system or the Aethlon Hemopurifier® as an adjunct therapy to improve patient responsiveness to established cancer or hepatitis C therapies or as a standalone cancer or hepatitis C therapy or as a broad spectrum defense against viral pathogens, the Company's ability to raise capital when needed, the Company's ability to complete the development of its planned 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, the ability of the Company to meet the milestones contemplated in the DARPA contract, 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. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Contacts:
James A. Joyce
Chairman and CEO
858.459.7800 x301
jj@aethlonmedical.com

Jim Frakes
Chief Financial Officer
858.459.7800 x300
jfrakes@aethlonmedical.com

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

GenSpera (OTCQB:GNSZ) Announces Generic Name “Mipsagargin” for Lead Drug Candidate G-202 per Recommendation by World Health Organization



Biotech News Alert: GenSpera (OTCQB:GNSZ) Announces Generic Name “Mipsagargin” for Lead Drug Candidate G-202 per Recommendation by World Health Organization

Mipsagargin Contains New Pre-Stem “Gargin”, Defining a Unique Pharmacologic Group Unlike Any Drug Currently or Previously on the Market

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, September 3, 2014 – (Investorideas.com Biotech Newswire) GenSpera, Inc. (OTCQB:GNSZ), a leader in developing prodrug therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Nonproprietary Name (INN) group has recommended the generic name “mipsagargin” (mip sa gar’ jin) for its lead drug candidate, also known as G-202, currently in Phase II clinical trials for hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) and glioblastoma (brain cancer). Mipsagargin was also recommended by the United States Adopted Names Council (USAN) of the American Medical Association.

Craig Dionne, PhD, GenSpera's CEO, spoke to the significance of this issuance, “We are pleased that the INN division of WHO and the USAN Council recognized the unique nature of mipsagargin by affording it the new suffix, or pre-stem, of “gargin.” The WHO issues approximately 160 name recommendations per year with only 1-2% having new suffixes. New suffixes are generally given to compounds with a unique mechanism of action or structure and serve to define such compound as the first in a possible new class of pharmacological agents. We believe mipsagargin’s name recommendation is the result of G-202’s novel nature and our innovative approaches to cancer therapy.”

GenSpera recently released interim results from the Phase Ib and ongoing Phase II study in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients who had previously progressed on, or who were intolerant of sorafenib. Data showed 80% of patients treated with mipsagargin had stable disease (no tumor growth) at two months and 50% of patients exhibited stable disease at four months on study. In addition, imaging analysis demonstrated an impressive blockade of tumor blood flow in the single patient evaluated by this method to date.

About Nonproprietary Names
Obtaining a nonproprietary (generic) name is a required part of bringing a new drug to market. The generic names of pharmacologically-related substances demonstrate their relationship by using a common "stem". Using common stems, medical practitioners, pharmacists, or people dealing with pharmaceutical products are able to recognize that the substance belongs to a group of substances having similar pharmacological activity. The generic name mipsagargin includes a novel pre-stem, “gargin”, indicating that it is unlike any named drug currently or previously on the market or in development. The pre-stem “gargin” may become an established stem over time, usually as other later developed drugs are recognized to be related in structure or activity to mipsagargin.

Each International Nonproprietary Name is a unique name that is globally recognized and is public property.


About GenSpera
GenSpera’s technology platform combines a powerful, plant-derived cytotoxin (thapsigargin) with a prodrug delivery system that provides for the targeted release of drug candidates within a tumor. Unlike typical chemotherapeutic agents, thapsigargin results in cell death irrespective of the rate of cell division, which may provide an effective approach to kill both fast- and slow-growing cancers. GenSpera’s lead drug candidate, mipsagargin, is activated by the enzyme PSMA, which is found at high levels in the vasculature of liver and glioblastoma cancers and in the vasculature of almost all other solid tumors. Mipsagargin is therefore expected to have potential efficacy in a wide variety of tumor types.

Mipsagargin Phase II clinical trials are underway in both hepatocellular carcinoma and glioblastoma patients.

For more information, please visit the company’s website: www.genspera.com or follow us on Twitter @GenSperaNews.

Company presentations are available at: http://www.genspera.com/

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Information
This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release regarding potential applications of GenSpera’s technologies constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks inherent in the development and commercialization of potential products, uncertainty of clinical trial results or regulatory approvals or clearances, need for future capital, dependence upon collaborators and maintenance of our intellectual property rights. Actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Additional information on potential factors that could affect our results and other risks and uncertainties will be detailed from time to time in GenSpera’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CONTACT:
Company:
Craig Dionne, PhD, CEO
GenSpera, Inc.  (210) 479-8112                                     

Investors: 
Steve Gersten
Capital Markets Group
Steve@CapMarketsGroup.com
+1-813-926-8920

Media:
Dawn Van Zant
(800) 665 0411

Visit this company: www.genspera.com

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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Aethlon Medical (OTCQB: AEMD) Announces Receipt of IRB Approval to Initiate Hemopurifier™ Clinical Studies

Medical Technology Breaking News: Aethlon Medical (OTCQB: AEMD) Announces Receipt of IRB Approval to Initiate Hemopurifier™ Clinical Studies

SAN DIEGO - September 2, 2014 (Investorideas.com newswire) Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:AEMD), the pioneer in developing targeted therapeutic devices to address infectious disease, cancer and other life-threatening conditions, announced today that it has received independent internal review board (IRB) approval to initiate human clinical studies of Hemopurifier® therapy at DaVita MedCenter Dialysis located in Houston, Texas.



Aethlon previously disclosed that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) that would allow for the initiation of Hemopurifier® feasibility studies in the United States. As a result of the independent IRB approval, the Company is now permitted to initiate the IDE approved study. Enrollment of patients who meet the study inclusion/exclusion criteria is expected to begin in the coming weeks. The Hemopurifier® is a first-in-class therapeutic device that targets the rapid elimination of circulating viruses and tumor-secreted exosomes that suppress the immune system of cancer patients.

Upon receipt of IDE approval from FDA, Aethlon initiated discussions with various clinical partner candidates. On February 26, 2014, the Company disclosed that it had reached an agreement in principle with DaVita Clinical Research® (DCR) and subsequently disclosed that it had completed a definitive agreement with DCR on May 20, 2014. DCR is a specialty contract research organization (CRO) with experience in conducting more than 300 early phase clinical trials. As a subsidiary of DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc, DCR has access to one third of the total U.S. ESRD patient population and maintains a network that exceeds 150 investigative physicians' practices at more than 250 clinical sites.

Aethlon further disclosed that Dr. Stephen Z. Fadem had been named Principal Investigator of the IDE approved study. Dr. Fadem is Chief Medical Officer at Kidney Associates, PLLC and the Medical Director for the Houston Kidney Center Integrated Service Network at DaVita Kidney Care, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc.

Under the feasibility study protocol, Aethlon will enroll ten end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who are infected with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) to demonstrate the safety of Hemopurifier® therapy in an infectious disease model. Upon successful completion of the feasibility study, Aethlon plans to conduct pivotal efficacy studies required for market clearance to treat HCV and other chronic viral indications. Previous clinical studies of Hemopurifier® therapy have been conducted in HIV and HCV-infected individuals at the Apollo Hospital, Fortis Hospital, Sigma New Life Hospital, and the Medanta Medicity Institute, all located in India.

Aethlon's feasibility study will also contribute safety data to advance the Hemopurifier® as a broad-spectrum countermeasure against high-risk bioterror and pandemic threats, which are so lethal they do not allow for the administration of clinical efficacy studies. In this regard, the Company is pursuing Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) approvals based on previous human treatment outcomes and pre-clinical validations against a broad-spectrum of viral pathogens.

Previously, in vitro studies of bioterror and pandemic threats have verified Hemopurifier® capture of ebola hemorrhagic virus, dengue hemorrhagic virus, lassa hemorrhagic virus, H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu), the reconstructed 1918 influenza virus (r1918), 2009 H1N1 influenza virus (swine flu), West Nile virus, and monkeypox, which serves as a model for human smallpox infection. These studies were conducted with leading government and non- government research organizations, including The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The National Institute of Virology (NIV), The Battelle Biomedical Research Center (BBRC) and The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR).

Aethlon also disclosed that it may pursue investigate Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) pathways for orphan indications that affect fewer than 4,000 individuals in the U.S. each year.


About Aethlon Medical
Aethlon Medical creates medical devices that target unmet therapeutic needs in infectious disease and cancer. The company's lead product is the Aethlon Hemopurifier®, a first-in-class device that selectively targets the rapid elimination of circulating viruses and tumor-secreted exosomes that promote cancer progression. Exosome Sciences, Inc. is a majority owned subsidiary that is advancing exosome-based products to diagnose and monitor cancer, infectious disease and neurological disorders. Additional information can be found online at www.AethlonMedical.com or www.ExosomeSciences.com.

Certain 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, that the ESI will not be able to commercialize its future products, that the FDA will not approve the initiation of the Company's clinical programs or provide market clearance of the company's products, future human studies whether revenue or non-revenue generating of the Aethlon ADAPT™ system or the Aethlon Hemopurifier® as an adjunct therapy to improve patient responsiveness to established cancer or hepatitis C therapies or as a standalone cancer or hepatitis C therapy or as a broad spectrum defense against viral pathogens, the Company's ability to raise capital when needed, the Company's ability to complete the development of its planned 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, the ability of the Company to meet the milestones contemplated in the DARPA contract, 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. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Contacts:
James A. Joyce 
Chairman and CEO
 
858.459.7800 x301
 
jj@aethlonmedical.com

Jim Frakes 
Chief Financial Officer
 
858.459.7800 x300
 
jfrakes@aethlonmedical.com

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

GenSpera (OTCQB:GNSZ) Media Advisory; "Targeting thapsigargin towards tumors" Published in Steroids

GenSpera (OTCQB:GNSZ) Media Advisory; "Targeting thapsigargin towards tumors" Published in Steroids

SAN ANTONIO - August 28, 2014 (Investorideas.com Biotech Newswire) GenSpera, Inc. (OTCQB:GNSZ), a leader in developing prodrug therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, announces the recent publication of the article "Targeting thapsigargin towards tumors" in the journal Steroids.

The recent article co-authored by Doan, et al. (see full reference below), reviews the evolution and development of GenSpera's prodrug technology platform that is designed to deliver the potent, cytotoxic activity of thapsigargin (from the plant Thapsia garganica) directly to tumors. These efforts led to the development of mipsagargin (G-202), which is now in Phase II clinical trials in liver cancer and brain cancer.

The article details the discovery and isolation of thapsigargin, the elucidation of its molecular structure, and determination of its biochemical and pharmacological activities.
These efforts revealed the potential utility of thapsigargin as a potent, but non-selective anti-cancer agent. It was recognized that in order to harness the profound cytotoxic activity of thapsigargin, one would need to develop a way of delivering it specifically to tumors in order to avoid side effects.

The paper also goes on to describe the medicinal chemistry efforts to develop derivatives of thapsigargin in order to create protease-activated prodrugs that could be activated only within the tumors. The in vitro and in vivo experiments led to a number of potentially useful prodrugs directed to the tumor-selective enzymes PSMA, PSA and hK-2. Mipsagargin is the most developmentally advanced drug candidate and is activated by the enzyme PSMA, which is found in the blood vessels of almost all solid tumors.

The review highlights the drug development success that can be achieved through a multidisciplinary and multinational collaboration between academic laboratories and an industrial partner.

Targeting thapsigargin towards tumors
Steroids, available online 24 July 2014, Nhu Thi Quynh Doan, Eleonora Sandholdt Paulsen, Pankaj Sehgal, Jesper Vuust Møller, Poul Nissen, Samuel R. Denmeade, John T. Isaacs, Craig A. Dionne, Søren Brøgger Christensen

See the manuscript/article in full at:  http://www.genspera.com/publications/2014_Steroids.pdf

And (In press: Doan NTQ et al. Targeting thapsigargin towards tumors. Steroids (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.steroids.2014.07.009)


About GenSpera (GNSZ):
GenSpera's technology platform combines a powerful, plant-derived cytotoxin (thapsigargin) with a pro-drug delivery system that provides for the targeted release of drug candidates within a tumor. Unlike typical chemotherapeutic agents, thapsigargin results in cell death irrespective of the rate of cell division, which may provide an effective approach to kill both fast- and slow-growing cancers. GenSpera's lead drug candidate, G-202, is activated by the enzyme PSMA, which is found at high levels in the vasculature of liver and glioblastoma cancers and in the vasculature of almost all other solid tumors. G-202 is therefore expected to have potential efficacy in a wide variety of tumor types.

G-202 Phase II clinical trials are underway in hepatocellular carcinoma, glioblastoma and prostate cancer patients.

For more information, please visit the company's website: http://www.genspera.com.

Company presentations are available at: http://www.genspera.com/.

Watch the Corporate Video: http://youtu.be/jULjEul-mBk

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Information
This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release regarding potential applications of GenSpera’s technologies constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks inherent in the development and commercialization of potential products, uncertainty of clinical trial results or regulatory approvals or clearances, need for future capital, dependence upon collaborators and maintenance of our intellectual property rights. Actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Additional information on potential factors that could affect our results and other risks and uncertainties will be detailed from time to time in GenSpera’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CONTACT:
Company:
Craig Dionne, PhD, CEO
GenSpera, Inc.  (210) 479-8112                                     

Investors: 
Steve Gersten
Capital Markets Group
Steve@CapMarketsGroup.com
+1-813-926-8920

Media:
Dawn Van Zant
(800) 665 0411

Visit this company: www.genspera.com

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Disclaimer/Disclosure: Investorideas.com newswire is a third party publisher of news and research as well as creates original content as a news source. Original content created by investorideas is protected by copyright laws other than syndication rights. Investorideas is a news source on Google news and Linkedintoday plus hundreds of syndication partners. Our site does not make recommendations for purchases or sale of stocks or products. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. All investment involves risk and possible loss of investment. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions, content marketing and online advertising. Contact each company directly for press release questions. Disclosure is posted on each release if required but otherwise the news was not compensated for and is published for the sole interest of our readers. More disclaimer info: http://www.investorideas.com/About/Disclaimer.asp. Disclosure: Genspera (GNSZ) has engaged Investor Ideas for PR and news publication effective June 18, 2014 (compensation of five thousand per month and average of eleven thousand five hundred 144 shares per month)
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Thursday, August 14, 2014

GenSpera (OTCQB:GNSZ) to Present at Rodman & Renshaw 16th Annual Global Investment Conference



Biotech News Alert: GenSpera (OTCQB:GNSZ) to Present at Rodman & Renshaw 16th Annual Global Investment Conference

CEO to Present Significance of Announced Clinical Trial Results for Lead Drug G-202 Treating Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Patients to Wall Street Audience

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, August 14, 2014 –  (Investorideas.com Biotech Newswire) GenSpera, Inc. (OTCQB:GNSZ), a leader in developing prodrug therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, announces it will be presenting at the Rodman & Renshaw 16th Annual Global Investment Conference. The conference will be held September 8-10, 2014 at the New York Palace Hotel in New York.

The conference is attended by public companies, institutional investors, sophisticated private investors and industry executives.

GenSpera will be presenting at 12:05 pm Tuesday, September 9th. The Company will discuss the significance of the recently announced HCC clinical trial update for G-202, its lead drug candidate, as well as provide a corporate overview. The company has released interim results from the Phase Ib and ongoing Phase II study in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients who had previously progressed on, or who were intolerant of sorafenib (Nexavar®, a drug co-developed and co-marketed by Bayer and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, an Amgen subsidiary).  Impressively, 80% of patients treated with G-202 had stable disease (no tumor growth) at two months and 50% of patients exhibited stable disease at 4 months on study. In addition, imaging analysis demonstrated impressive blockade of tumor blood flow in the single patient evaluated by this method to date.
 
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is currently the sixth most common malignancy in the world and the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide.

Craig Dionne, PhD, GenSpera's CEO said of the pending conference,” I am excited to share the recent data and results for G-202 and its efficacy and safety analyses on patients to date. G-202 has potential to treat multiple cancers including prostate cancer and glioblastoma but our primary focus is currently hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The liver cancer data we recently presented at APPLE and other scientific conferences was overwhelmingly embraced by our peers; now this conference creates an opportunity to explain the significance and the promise it holds to the investment community.”

About the conference: http://www.rodm.com/  


About GenSpera
GenSpera’s technology platform combines a powerful, plant-derived cytotoxin (thapsigargin) with a prodrug delivery system that provides for the targeted release of drug candidates within a tumor. Unlike typical chemotherapeutic agents, thapsigargin results in cell death irrespective of the rate of cell division, which may provide an effective approach to kill both fast- and slow-growing cancers. GenSpera’s lead drug candidate, G-202, is activated by the enzyme PSMA, which is found at high levels in the vasculature of liver and glioblastoma cancers and in the vasculature of almost all other solid tumors. G-202 is therefore expected to have potential efficacy in a wide variety of tumor types.

G-202 Phase II clinical trials are underway in both hepatocellular carcinoma and glioblastoma patients.

For more information, please visit the company’s website: www.genspera.com or follow us on Twitter @GenSperaNews.

Company presentations are available at: http://www.genspera.com/

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Information
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Craig Dionne, PhD, CEO
GenSpera, Inc.  (210) 479-8112                                     

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Capital Markets Group
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Aethlon Medical (OTCQB: AEMD) CEO Note: A Novel Strategy To Address Ebola

Medical Technology Breaking News: Aethlon Medical (OTCQB: AEMD) CEO Note: A Novel Strategy To Address Ebola

SAN DIEGO - August 6, 2014 (Investorideas.com newswire) Aethlon Medical, Inc. (OTCBB:AEMD), today released the following note authored by its Chairman and CEO, Jim Joyce.



The current ebola outbreak in West Africa demonstrates the urgent need for therapeutic strategies to defend against emerging pandemic threats. It also highlights why the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has shifted the focus of government biodefense and pandemic threat initiatives toward broad-spectrum therapies able to target multiple pathogens. At present, a majority of all infectious viruses are not addressed by drug therapies, which are designed to inhibit or block replication of a single viral species.

At Aethlon Medical, we are intersecting advanced biology with modern plasma membrane technology to rethink the treatment of viral pathogens. The result is the Aethlon Hemopurifier®, a therapeutic device that has been validated to capture a broad-spectrum of viral pathogens and immunosuppressive proteins through affinity binding to a unique high-mannose structure that is co-opted from the host (the infected individual) as a means for viruses to evade detection of the host immune system. We have also discovered that this signature exists on tumor-secreted exosomes that promote cancer progression.

We believe our Hemopurifier® is the most advanced and perhaps only true broad-spectrum countermeasure against emerging pandemic threats such as ebola, and viral threats that could be weaponized to purposely infect civilian and military populations. Our belief is supported by human clinical outcomes and supporting in vitro studies conducted at leading government and non- government labs.

Last week, a story published on CNN.com (http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1157208?ref=feeds%2Flatest), suggested that our Hemopurifier® might be an ebola treatment cure. In this regard, I want to clarify that we created the Hemopurifier® to provide a post-exposure treatment strategy to mitigate illness, suffering, and death resulting from exposure to viral pathogens. However, we do not represent that our Hemopurifier® is a cure for ebola. It is designed to augment the ability of the immune system to overcome infection and to increase the benefit of drug therapy in disease conditions where an antiviral agent might be indicated.

I also want to provide clarity on what Hemopurifier® studies have been conducted specific to the ebola virus. On October 17th, 2007, Dr. Laura Barrientos at the United States (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published a report entitled: "The Aethlon Hemopurifier®, A Novel Strategy to Address ebola and Marburg Haemorrhagic Fevers."

The report discussed the potential of the Aethlon Hemopurifier® as a treatment countermeasure against ebola and other filoviruses. An excerpt from the report follows:

"The Hemopurifier® is an extracorporeal device which converges hollow-fiber filtration technology with immobilized affinity agents to allow for the rapid physical removal of virus and soluble viral glycoproteins from the blood. The device basically mimics the natural immune response for clearance of circulating virus and viral toxins. Initial collaborative efforts between the CDC and Aethlon Medical have demonstrated rapid clearance of viral particles from cell culture supernatants (t1/2 20-120 min). The Hemopurifier® was also effective in removing soluble viral glycoproteins (t1/2 30 min). This knowledge represents the basis to further investigate in vivo the potential of the Hemopurifier® as a fast-acting post-exposure intervention to delay disease progression and, possibly, to improve survival. The data resulting from the CDC-Aethlon collaboration has led to further studies through a collaborative research and development agreement with the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)." The full report can be accessed online at: http://www.aethlonmedical.com/assets/001/5017.pdf

In a follow-on disclosure, we reported that the USAMRIID studies documented that the Hemopurifier® captured approximately 50% of both wild type and mutant strains of ZEBOV (Zaire strain of ebola) from fluids during one hour in vitro studies. ZEBOV has the highest virus case-fatality rate, up to 90% in some epidemics, with an average case fatality rate of approximately 83% over the previous 27 years. USAMRIID, serves as the lead laboratory for the U.S. Medical Biological Defense Research Program, and plays a key role in national defense and in infectious disease research. USAMRIID operates the only laboratory in the Department of Defense (DOD) equipped to study ebola and other highly hazardous infectious agents requiring maximum containment at bio-safety level four (BSL-4).

At present, we are preparing to launch the first FDA approved feasibility studies of Hemopurifier® therapy in the United States. Under the feasibility study protocol, we will enroll end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who are infected with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) to demonstrate the safety of Hemopurifier therapy in an infectious disease model.

Successful completion of the feasibility study will set the stage for us to conduct pivotal studies required for market clearance to treat HCV and other viral pathogens.

The study will also contribute data toward the human safety challenge requirement to advance Hemopurifier® therapy as a broad-spectrum countermeasure against viral bioterror and pandemic threats (including ebola), whose lethality do not allow for the administration of clinical efficacy studies. We are actively investigating Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) approvals based on our previous human treatment experiences and broad-spectrum validation studies against viral pathogens. We are also exploring Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) pathways for orphan conditions that affect fewer than 4,000 individuals in the U.S. each year.

Should the outbreak of deadly viral pathogen provide us with opportunities to treat, we would first request clarity from the FDA that our response would not threaten our long-term clinical objectives in the United States. Additionally, we would request FDA interaction to provide feedback on data-points that could be collected to support future EUA and HUD approvals. In this regard, I want to share that we have initiated our dialog with FDA. The results of these discussions will determine whether we request an opportunity to treat those infected with ebola virus.


About Aethlon Medical
Aethlon Medical creates innovative medical devices to address life-threatening diseases. The Aethlon ADAPT™ (Adaptive Dialysis-like Affinity Platform Technology) establishes the basis for a new class of therapeutics that target the rapid elimination of disease enabling particles from the circulatory system of treated patients. The lead Aethlon ADAPT™ product is the Hemopurifier®, a device that addresses a broad-spectrum of viral pathogens as well as tumor-secreted exosomes that suppress the immune system of cancer patients. Aethlon is also operating under two government contracts with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) related the development of a medical device to reduce the incidence of sepsis. Exosome Sciences, Inc. is a majority owned Aethlon subsidiary that is advancing exosome-based strategies to diagnose and monitor cancer and infectious disease progression. Additional information can be found atwww.AethlonMedical.com

Certain 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, that the FDA will not approve the initiation of the Company's clinical programs or provide market clearance of the company's products, future human studies whether revenue or non-revenue generating of the Aethlon ADAPT™ system or the Aethlon Hemopurifier® as an adjunct therapy to improve patient responsiveness to established cancer or hepatitis C therapies or as a standalone cancer or hepatitis C therapy or as a treatment for ebola, the Company's ability to raise capital when needed, the Company's ability to complete the development of its planned 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, the ability of the Company to meet the milestones contemplated in the DARPA contract, 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. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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James A. Joyce 
Chairman and CEO
 
858.459.7800 x301
 
jj@aethlonmedical.com

Jim Frakes 
Chief Financial Officer
 
858.459.7800 x300
 
jfrakes@aethlonmedical.com

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