An HIV-blocking gel for women
Monday, August 10, 2009 - 04:21
in Health & Medicine
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 10, 2009 -- University of Utah scientists developed a new kind of "molecular condom" to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas. Before sex, women would insert a vaginal gel that turns semisolid in the presence of semen, trapping AIDS virus particles in a microscopic mesh so they can't infect vaginal cells.