SCI/TECH: Gel May Block HIV Transmissions, page 1
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Topic started on 14-10-2004 @ 08:32 PM by Zipdot
A newly developed gel appears to be successful in blocking the transmission of AIDS from one partner to another during heterosexual sex. The gel is currently being tested in monkeys.



www.guardian.co.uk
A new cream or gel could block the transmission of HIV in heterosexual intercourse, according to new research today. The treatment is expensive, and so far has been tested only on monkeys. But last year the world total of those infected with HIV reached 38 million, half of whom are women.

"We have identified a key target for strategies to control vaginal HIV transmission and have a candidate molecule that blocks this target," said Michael Lederman of Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, who reports in the journal Science.

They worked with scientists in Geneva to develop a microbicidal molecule, PSC-Rantes, which they tested on monkeys. Those treated with high doses resisted HIV infection.


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This is great news. An easily applicable gel or cream may have the most benefit in third world countries with high AIDS rates, where education alone doesn"t lower the spread of AIDS beyond a certain threshhold.

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