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Microbicides show promise in a South African study
Jul 20, 2010 at 10:54am
"A gel containing a prescription drug can sharply reduce HIV infections in women, a study described as groundbreaking by the World Health Organisation showed on Monday.
Researchers have been trying for years to formulate a microbicide -- a gel, cream, ring or tablet inserted into the vagina or rectum before sex to prevent transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. But past efforts have had disappointing results.
In this test of a microbicide, called Caprisa, researchers used for the first time a prescription HIV drug in the mix, Gilead's tenofovir."
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