Researchers discover new way men can transmit HIV to women
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 06:37
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered a critical new way a man can transmit the HIV virus to a woman. Scientists had long believed that the normal lining of the female vaginal tract was an effective barrier to invasion of the HIV virus during sexual intercourse. They thought the large HIV virus couldn't penetrate the tissue...
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