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02-09-2009, 05:30 PM
Indevus gel protects women from AIDS virus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Indevus Pharmaceuticals gel formulated to protect women from the virus that causes AIDS appeared to protect about a third of them from infection -- the first time a so-called microbicide has been shown to work, researchers told a conference in Montreal.
Dr. Salim Abdool Karim of the Center for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa and colleagues said the trial of 3,000 women showed the gel may have protected 30 percent of the women from infection.
(Reporting by Maggie Fox)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5183Z820090209?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Indevus Pharmaceuticals gel formulated to protect women from the virus that causes AIDS appeared to protect about a third of them from infection -- the first time a so-called microbicide has been shown to work, researchers told a conference in Montreal.
Dr. Salim Abdool Karim of the Center for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa and colleagues said the trial of 3,000 women showed the gel may have protected 30 percent of the women from infection.
(Reporting by Maggie Fox)
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5183Z820090209?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews