Anti-HIV gel trial fails

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Carraguard, the first anti-HIV microbicide to make it to the end of phase III clinical trials has failed to prevent transmission of HIV. The seaweed-derived vaginal gel microbicide was tested in 6,202 women in South Africa. Half the women were given Carraguard gel, and the other half received a placebo gel. They were all also given given condoms. Over the course of the trial, the researchers recorded 134 new infections in the Carraguard group and 151 in the placebo group, but the difference was not statistically significant.

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Can you believe that? A cream may prevent HIV safe

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A cream designed to protect women from the AIDS virus did not prevent infection, but it was safe, raising hopes that it might be combined with drugs or other compounds to work better, researchers said on Monday.
I just find this new so interesting, maybe someone have known some about that.

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