FORM 8-A

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                            

                            

               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF
SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




                              CEL-SCI CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)



       Colorado                       0-11503
84-0916344
(State or other jurisdiction         Commission
I.R.S. Employer
    of incorporation)                File Number
Identification No.


       66 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 510, Alexandria,
         Virginia    22314 Address of Principal Executive
         Office                      Zip Code
         
         
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
                            Act:
                              
                                                 Name of
                                              Each Exchange
         Title of Each                      on which each
Class
            Class                           is to be
Registered

         Common Stock                    American Stock
Exchange
         Common Stock Purchase Warrants  American Stock
Exchange

                               Page 1 of 2 Pages
                         Exhibit Index Begins on Page 2
Item 1.  Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
         Incorporated by reference to the "Description of Securities"
         section
of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 33
43281).

Item 2.  Exhibits.
    Exhibit                                 Page
    Common Stock                       Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                                       4.(a) to the Company's Registration
                                       Statement on Form S-1, Commission
                                       File No. 33-43281.
                                       
    Specimen Common Stock Warrant      Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
                                       4.(c) to the Company's Registration
                                       Statement on Form S-1, Commission
                                       File
                                       No. 33-43281
                               SIGNATURES
                                    
         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.

                                       CEL-SCI CORPORATION


Dated:  July 1, 1996                   By /s/ Geert R. Kersten
                                         Geert R. Kersten, Chief
                                           Executive Officer