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Article: Aeolus Pharmaceuticals' AEOL 10150 Protects Lungs Against Mustard Gas Exposure in Animal Studies.
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- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- October 24, 2009
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Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:AOLS) reported that researchers from National Jewish Health and Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute have completed a series of preliminary studies demonstrating that AEOL 10150 protects lungs from whole mustard gas exposure in rats. Data were presented at the Regional CounterACT Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats Conference in Albuquerque, NM. There are currently no effective treatments for mustard gas exposure and AEOL 10150 is a major focus of a sponsored research grant awarded by the NIH Counteract program to National Jewish Health to identify an effective treatment. Sulfur mustards have been used in warfare ...