When it comes to protection against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, millions of women would rather not rely on their partners. They would like some way to personally take control. One ...

The first successful clinical trial of a microbicide, a topical gel that can protect against HIV during sex, brought a sense of hope and relief to prevention advocates. The news broke last week at the ...

JOHANNESBURG and WASHINGTON, July 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Results of an advanced clinical trial of an antiretroviral-based microbicide candidate are being announced at the International AIDS ...

(Medical Xpress) -- A topically applied microbicide gel containing a potent anti-HIV drug has been found to significantly reduce infection when applied to rectal tissue that was subsequently exposed ...

In a study of 3,100 women in Africa and the United States, women who used a vaginal microbicide gel called PRO 2000 were found 30 percent less likely to become infected with HIV, according to a study ...

Researchers have achieved an important scientific breakthrough in the fight against HIV and genital herpes with a vaginal gel that significantly reduces a woman's risk of being infected with these ...

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A new study shows that a microbicide gel is highly effective in block infection by the AIDS virus in a non-human primate model. Scientists have described the gel's key ingredient, which are small ...

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JOHANNESBURG When scientists celebrated the announcement in July that a vaginal microbicide had finally been found that significantly reduced H.I.V. infections in women, there was still a prosaic ...

Lab safety rules dictate that one must tie back long hair. Rosemarie Hansen learned the hard way when an open flame turned her locks into a lesson. On the hunt for informative health and disease ...

A new study shows that a microbicide gel is highly effective in block infection by the AIDS virus in a non-human primate model. In the paper published December 6 in the Open Access journal PLOS ...