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HIV-blocking Gel For Women: New ‘Molecular Condom’ Meant To Prevent AIDS

August 11, 2009
Scientists have 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.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/Jbjdd_NhTVg" height="1" width="1"/

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