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<DESCRIPTION>AETHLON MEDICAL OFFICER CERT EX. 99.1
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                               18 U.S.C. ss.1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



In connection with the Quarterly Report of Aethlon Medical, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-QSB for the period  ended June 30, 2002 as filed with the  Securities
and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I, James A. Joyce,
Chief Executive Officer of the Company,  certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss.1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         1.     The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
                or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         2.     The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
                material respects, the financial condition and results of
                operations of the Company.


/s/ JAMES A. JOYCE
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James A. Joyce
Chief Executive Officer
August 19, 2002







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