An HIV-blocking gel for women
Monday, August 10, 2009 - 01:35
in Health & Medicine
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...