Microbicides research &#39;should be more ethical&#39;
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[LUSAKA] Africa&#39;s scientific community should develop standards to guide research on microbicides - substances that kill or block the HIV virus â-aid participants at a meeting on vaginal microbicides held last week (17-19 November) by the Southern
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The initiative is part of an effort to ferret out unpublished research consucted by pharmaceutical companies that finds medications to be ineffective or dangerous.
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While researchers plan to look at the use of all NSAIDs in clinical trials, people shouldn&#39;t take high doses or for too long. By Amanda Gardner.
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They say their findings could lead to a new kind of microbicides - creams and gels applied directly to the vagina or rectum to stop transmission of the disease.
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More openness is needed over clinical drug trial results  to stop them being distorted, leading medical journals say.
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It can be incredibly difficult for patients to ferret out studies of experimental drugs that offer hope to threat their disease. There is no comprehensive database of ongoing clinical trials, but specialists offer advice for the search:
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More than a decade ago, a howl went up about the way new drugs were tested. Virtually all trials were limited to white males, even though some medical differences based on race are widely acknowledged.
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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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Clinical trials of a new microbicide gel designed to help prevent women contracting HIV are stopped.
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An advance in stem cell research that was intended to resolve moral differences over the promising but controversial field has ignited fresh conflict instead.
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After nearly two decades of research, success is not a word generally associated with gene therapy. It's even led to deaths that some experts believe should never have happened.
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Scientists and consumer groups say current patents are hindering research in a field that holds great medical promise.
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New US government guidelines say rape victims and others exposed to Aids should get anti-retroviral drugs.
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A survey of hospital review boards that watchdog experiments on patients shows that one in three members takes money from companies that make drugs and medical devices that come under study. What's more, many of those with conflicts rarely or never disclose their financial ties, researchers found.
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Scientists trying to develop a birth-control pill for men have long been thwarted by two major obstacles: the wiliness of sperm and the unwillingness of women to trust their partners with such a weighty responsibility.
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Clinical trials of HIV vaccines requires greater participation of women and adolescents, the WorldHealth Organization (WHO) said Tuesday in a press release.
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A new Food and Drug Administration ethics panel said Friday the advancement of science outweighed the risks of giving a stimulant to healthy children as young as 9.