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June 2010 [1%] by Karel, 2010-06-14 12:39
New vaginal ring borrows from birth control to fight AIDS [1%] by Karel, 2010-06-14 14:22
WASHINGTON— 9 June 2010: A non-profit that develops drugs against HIV/AIDS said Tuesday it is launching the first study in Africa of a groundbreaking device to ...
ARV Vaginal Ring Next Prevention Hope [1%] by Karel, 2010-06-14 14:19
By Lungi Langa (Health-e News) 8 June 2010: Researchers have started testing the safety a vaginal ring containing an antiretroviral drug in South Africa in the ...
To stop Aids, we must empower women [1%] by Karel, 2010-06-14 14:21
Opinion piece by Elizabeth Mataka and Zeda Rosenberg (The Citizen: Tanzania news) 7 June 2010: African women are no strangers to overcoming adversity. Every ...
Microbicides set to empower women [1%] by Karel, 2010-06-14 14:25
By Bertha Shoko, recently in Pittsburgh, US (The Zimbabwe Standard) 5 June 2010: Researchers exploring possibilities of a prevention method that will help ...
Not just a handmaiden: Critical role of social science in HIV Prevention Research [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 15:54
By Bobby Ramakant (Citizen-News) 25 May 2010: It is well understood that both the efficacy and effectiveness of HIV Prevention research trial products (such as ...
Promising results in blocking HIV during first days of infection: M2010 [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 15:29
By Claire Keeton (Times Live Blog) 24 May 2010: Two pilot studies to test an innovative way to block SIV (the monkey version of HIV) infection early on are ...
PrEP needs to be well controlled, monitored to prevent HIV drug resistance [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 16:02
By Claire Keeton (Times Live Blog) 24 May 2010: ANYONE who is going to take antiretroviral drugs for prevention – either orally or through a microbicide – must ...
Experts wary that drug resistance could rise with ARV-based microbicide use [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 16:03
By Henry Neondo (ASNS) 24 May 2010: Two studies--one involving mathematical modeling and the other a cells and tissue assay conducted both in the US and ...
Africa ripe for rectal microbicides [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 16:03
By Henry Neondo (ASNS) 24 May 2010: Africa needs microbicides for both vaginal and rectal use in prevention of mucosal infection of HIV, a mini-symposium at ...
Partner pregnant? HIV risk doubles [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 16:08
By Claire Keeton (Times Live) 24 May 2010 : The risk of men being infected by HIV doubles when their partners are pregnant, according to new findings presented ...
New drugs in the pipeline for anti-HIV microbicides: results presented at M2010 [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 16:05
By Claire Keeton (Times Live Blog) 24 May 2010: SCIENTISTS today presented “promising data” on what drugs could prove effective in the next generation of ...
Times Live: Microbicides progressing well in fight against HIV [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 16:05
By Claire Keeton (Times Live) 24 May 2010: The development of new microbicides to protect against HIV infection is progressing steadily with promising options ...
Vaginal gel shows promise in monkeys [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 12:33
By Henry Neondo (ASNS) 23 May 2010: Researchers testing a vaginal microbicide based on a new type of anti-HIV drug found it provided monkeys significant ...
Where was the polio vaccine discovered? [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 12:35
By Claire Keeton (Times Live Blog) 23 May 2010: Pittsburgh, the host city of the M2010 Microbicides conference this week, is also the city where Jonas Salk ...
South African activist wants microbicides field opened up [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 16:15
By Henry Neondo (ASNS) 23 May 2010: Outside advances in science, activism could correctly be said to have been the single most major contributor to the ...
Women like using anti-HIV microbicide gels during sex [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 16:15
By Claire Keeton (Times Live Blog) 23 May 2010: Microbicide gels are acceptable to most women during sex, the results of three studies presented today at the ...
State of the ART of microbicides [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 16:13
By Bobby Ramakant (Citizen-News, The Zimbabwe Telegraph, Healthdev.net) 23 May 2010: The microbicides field has undoubtedly moved and shifted a lot in the past ...
M2010 Microbicides: HIV prevention conference opens tonight [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 16:13
By Claire Keeton (Times Live Blog) 23 May 2010: The use of ARVs in microbicides to prevent HIV, rectal microbicides, the risks of getting HIV during pregnancy ...
HIV researchers congregate in the US [1%] by Karel, 2010-08-02 16:12
By Tsitsi Jonas (The Standard) 23 May 2010: Zimbabwean researchers will this week join experts from the rest of the world searching for more effective HIV ...
Media archives: 2010 [1%] by Karel, 2010-05-07 09:15
The Microbicides Media and Communications Initiative's Training & Resource Center [1%] by Karel, 2010-04-30 13:06
The Microbicide Media and Communications Initiative (MMCI) Secretariat, housed at the Global Campaign of Microbicides, is sponsoring a training and resource ...
STATEMENT: HIV prevention research focus of International Microbicides Conference May 22-25 [1%] by Karel, 2010-06-04 11:34
(Eurekalert!, Pittsburgh, PA) 14 April 14 2010: HIV prevention researchers, policy makers and community advocates from more than 35 countries will be in ...
Microbicides, vaccines may need to repel HIV contact at mucosa [1%] by Karel, 2010-05-07 09:07
Keith Alcorn (Aidsmap) 9 April 2010: HIV can damage the walls of cells in the mucous membranes in the genital tract and the intestines, permitting the virus to ...
More clues emerge on how HIV infects women (Business Week) [1%] by Karel, 2010-05-07 09:24
Virus can invade after breaking down the protective barrier in women's reproductive tract, study finds. Researchers have identified a previously unknown way ...
April 2010 [1%] by Karel, 2010-06-14 12:51
Will an AIDS Pill a Day Keep the Virus Away? [1%] by Karel, 2010-05-07 09:27
Drugmaker Gilead is betting the one-pill PrEP treatment will slow the virus' spread—as are some of the world's top health agencies and philanthropists
Social media open recruitment doors for HVTN trial [1%] by Karel, 2010-06-04 11:33
By Peter Mansell (Pharma Times) 30 March 2010: The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) in the US is finding that Facebook, blogs and other social media are ...
March 2010 [1%] by Karel, 2010-06-14 12:51
Society has accepted exploitation of sexual norms, observes Prof Luo [1%] by Karel, 2010-05-07 09:41
HIV and AIDS consultant Professor Nkandu Luo has said society has accepted the norm that men can have multiple sexual partners.