UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   March 15, 2006
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                              AETHLON MEDICAL, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Nevada                     0-21846                    13-3632859
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(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                                       Identification No.)

3030 Bunker Hill Street, Suite 4000, San Diego, California          92109
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         (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:     (858) 459-7800
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                                 Not applicable
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


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THIS FORM 8-K AND OTHER REPORTS FILED BY AETHLON MEDICAL, INC. (THE "COMPANY")
FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (COLLECTIVELY THE
"FILINGS") CONTAIN FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION THAT ARE BASED
UPON BELIEFS OF, AND INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO, THE COMPANY'S
MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY THE COMPANY'S
MANAGEMENT. WHEN USED IN THE FILINGS THE WORDS "ANTICIPATE", "BELIEVE",
"ESTIMATE", "EXPECT", "FUTURE", "INTEND", "PLAN" OR THE NEGATIVE OF THESE TERMS
AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS AS THEY RELATE TO THE COMPANY'S OR THE COMPANY'S
MANAGEMENT IDENTIFY FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. SUCH STATEMENTS REFLECT THE
CURRENT VIEW OF THE COMPANY WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE EVENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO
RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES, ASSUMPTIONS AND OTHER FACTORS RELATING TO THE COMPANY'S
INDUSTRY, OPERATIONS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND ANY BUSINESSES THAT MAY BE
ACQUIRED BY THE COMPANY. SHOULD ONE OR MORE OF THESE RISKS OR UNCERTAINTIES
MATERIALIZE, OR SHOULD THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS PROVE INCORRECT, ACTUAL
RESULTS MAY DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THOSE ANTICIPATED, BELIEVED, ESTIMATED,
EXPECTED, INTENDED OR PLANNED.


ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

         On March 15, 2006, the Company issued a press release announcing that
Chairman and CEO, James A. Joyce, has authored a report entitled "The Treatment
of H5N1 Avian Influenza". The content of the report is disclosed in the press
release. The full text of the press release is set forth in Exhibit 99.1
attached hereto and is incorporated in this Report as if fully set forth herein.
The report is also available on the Company's website www.aethlonmedical.com.

         The information in this Item 7.01 and the exhibits attached hereto
shall not be deemed "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set
forth by specific reference in such filing. The furnishing of the information in
this Item 7.01 is not intended to, and does not, constitute a representation
that such furnishing is required by Regulation FD or that the information this
report contains is material investor information that is not otherwise publicly
available.


ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c) Exhibits.

         99.1      Press Release dated March 15, 2006


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                                  AETHLON MEDICAL, INC.
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                                                        (Registrant)

Date  March 17, 2006
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                                             By:  /s/ James Dorst
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                                            Name  James Dorst
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                                          Title:  Chief Financial Officer
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