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| Agent Matt | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 11:54 |
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 Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | An investigational vaginal gel intended to prevent HIV infection in women has demonstrated encouraging signs of success in a clinical trial conducted in Africa and the United States. Findings of the recently concluded study, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the NIH, were presented today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Montreal. The study investigators found the microbicide gel—known as PRO 2000 (Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Lexington, Mass.) — to be safe and approximately 30 percent effective (33 percent effectiveness would have been considered statistically significant). This is the first human clinical study to suggest that a microbicide—a gel, foam or cream intended to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections when applied topically inside the vagina or rectum — may prevent male-to-female sexual transmission of HIV infection. | |||||
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| oreolvrs | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 12:16 |
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 Level: 1 CS Original | Thats fine enough for women but what about us gays like me? | |||||
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| Agent Matt | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 12:23 |
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Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | Condoms, bro. The gel I think is meant for cultures where the woman has little say over sexual activity. Perhaps this will lead to a vaccine. We will all benefit from that. | |||||
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| Muertos | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 12:32 |
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 Paid Disinformation Blogger Level: 14 CS Original | Isn't Nanos working on a cure for HIV? | |||||
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| oreolvrs | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 12:34 |
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Level: 1 CS Original | Seriously that guy gives my fifteen minutes of laughter each day | |||||
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| Agent Matt | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 12:40 |
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Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | "Isn't Nanos working on a cure for HIV?" Perhaps that's Nanos-speak for not getting any. | |||||
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| oreolvrs | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 15:37 |
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Level: 1 CS Original | I hears they had found superantibodies that could create a vaccine for 91% of all HIV strains in the daily mail and other sources yet that could be misleading: | |||||
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| Omni-Science | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 17:05 |
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 Ordo Ab Chao. Level: 8 CS Original | First of all, "antibodies" are useless against HIV. H.I.VIRUS is not all affected by anti-biotics, you'd need anti-virals to combat it, such as Interferon. Haven't checked the links, just correcting the mis-use of "antibody" Fun fact: Anti biotics are also useless against Malaria; you need anti-malarial drugs. | |||||
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| oreolvrs | Posted: Jul 21, 2010 - 17:48 |
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Level: 1 CS Original | hmm perhaps i just got swept up in the "science the AIDS away woo" its probably a hoax. muh | |||||
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