Times Live Blog: Promising results in blocking HIV during first days of infection: M2010
March 2009
Up one levelAIDS researchers turn attention to microbicides
By Mary Engel (Los Angeles Times) 5 March 2009: With AIDS vaccine efforts at an impasse, microbicides -- virus-blocking gels inserted into the vagina before sexual intercourse -- have risen from their own string of setbacks to once again offer hope of preventing HIV infections, at least in women.
See also sex gel curbed AIDS in monkeys using drug approved for people
by John Lauerman (Bloomberg) 4 March 2009: A sexual gel might curb the spread of AIDS by stopping cells vulnerable to the virus from rushing to the site of infection, according to a study of monkeys.