New lab test offers better prediction of HIV microbicide safety
Friday, July 10, 2009 - 10:35
in Health & Medicine
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have devised a laboratory test for predicting whether microbicides against HIV are safe for human use. The researchers have also discovered why several supposedly 'safe' microbicides made women more susceptible to HIV infection. The study appears today in the online version of the Journal of Infectious Disease...
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