New Drug Is Said to Offer Hope for Vaginal Gel to Block HIV
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Scientists say they have a promising new lead in the quest to develop a vaginal gel that women could apply before sexual intercourse to block the AIDS virus.
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A drug that could do for women what Viagra has done for men is being tested at the University of Virginia
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A theory that an antiviral drug used to treat AIDS may also be used to prevent it will be put to the test in San Francisco and Atlanta this month, when enrollment of 400 gay men will begin for the US arm of an international HIV prevention study.
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Researchers dedicated to finding a gel or cream that could work invisibly to protect women from AIDS the way a condom does said on Wednesday they got permission from Pfizer Inc. to use its newest HIV drug.
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Two potentially new classes of anti-HIV drugs have the medical world excited. But progress on a vaccine is still slow  -  and drugs can't do everything
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An international team of researchers reported that female monkeys whose vaginal surfaces were coated with an experimental drug shortly before exposure to the simian version of HIV were protected from infection.
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The first test of a daily pill to prevent HIV infection gave a tantalizing hint of success, but a real answer must await a larger study due out next year.
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A new cream or gel could block the transmission of HIV in heterosexual intercourse, according to new research today. The treatment is expensive, and so far has been tested only on monkeys.
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A new drug may give older women with early stages of breast cancer a better chance of beating the disease and stopping it returning and spreading.
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NEW YORK  - For the treatment of vaginal  bacterial infections, ovules containing the combination of  metronidazole plus nystatin are significantly more effective  than metronidazole gel, according to results of a trial  conducted in Lima, Peru.
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An experimental gel designed to prevent  men and women from being infected with the virus that causes  AIDS has been dropped by the British biotechnology firm  developing it.
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Clinical trials of an anti-virus gel supposed to help protect women against AIDS have been stopped after it was found that those on the treatment were more susceptible to HIV infection, the World Health Organisation said.
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A gel has been created which protects women from getting AIDS during sexual intercourse when the man does not wear a condom. The chemical blocks the route the AIDS virus takes when it invades the woman&#39;s body during sex.
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A cheap drug has been discovered which could cut Aids-related deaths in African children by almost half. Tests on the new antibiotic drug in Zambia were so successful that the trial was halted early to make the drug available more quickly.
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Using drugs to prevent HIV infection could prevent as many as 3 million new cases in Africa if it was done right, researchers predicted on Tuesday.
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Anti-retroviral drugs have been so effective at treating HIV that researchers are now exploring whether they can perform double duty
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The first anti-AIDS vaginal gel to make it through late-stage testing failed to stop HIV infection in a study of 6,000 South African women, disappointed researchers announced Monday.