Viral Genetics Inc. is a biotechnology company with a focus on protein-based therapeutic and diagnostic products with applications in infectious disease, autoimmune conditions, and immunological deficiency. The company and its management team are key players in the fight against HIV/AIDS, infectious disease, and autoimmune deficiency. Viral Genetics has been working since 1995 to find a cure for HIV/AIDS and is based in Azusa, California.

VRAL develops its products based on thymus nuclear protein (TNP), a processed extract of mammalian thymus tissue. It has developed a lead product, VGV-1, which is a suspension of TNP in alum adjuvant for the treatment of HIV infection and AIDS. VGV-1 is currently in the preclinical stage of development in the United States, but outside of the USA it is in later stage development. Viral Genetics believes that VGV-1 represents a significant and unique approach to treating HIV due to the apparently novel mechanism, low toxicity

Pluristem Therapeutics works to commercialize cellular bio-therapies for the treatment of several degenerative, ischemic and autoimmune conditions. In a release that was largely overlooked last week, Pluristem conveyed the success of recent clinical trials, showing the pronounced effectiveness of its PLacental eXpanded (PLX) cells in treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

Pluristem defines its PLX product as mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) that have been expanded using the company’s proprietary PluriX™ 3-D bioreactor. Basically, MSCs are undifferentiated, protoplasmic placental cells.

In the study conducted, mice which were afflicted with IBD were administered PLX cells intrarectally, while a control group was treated with a saline solution. Pluristem’s treatment was shown to greatly reduce colon lesions associated with IBD in both macroscopic and microscopic evaluations, as compared to the control subjects.

Pluristem President and CEO, Zami Aberman stated: “This trial’s favorable results, which demonstrate our PLX cells’ ability to treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease, as