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July 2008
Up one levelVaginal Microbicides Might Help More Men Than Women
By Kevin McKeever (HealthDay News - Los Angeles, CA) 10 July 2008: A new study questions whether vaginal microbicides being developed to help protect women against HIV infection could lead to new drug resistance from the virus that causes AIDS.
HIV/Aids Microbicides Have 'A Long Way to Go'
Kigali, Rwanda (Rwanda News Agency/Agence Rwandaise d'Information) 3 July 2008: Microbicides - substances that scientists had believed could reduce transmission of the HIV/Aids virus in women may not come that soon, a senior official from the partnership that is developing the substances said on Thursday.