Contraceptive ring also offers HIV protection

• Autores: Helen Thomson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2959, 2014, pág. 13
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A flexible ring inserted into the vagina could offer long-term protection from HIV, herpes and pregnancy. It is the first device to deliver two drugs for different conditions at the same time and may help fight the spread of HIV. Crucial to the battle against HIV in low-income countries is giving women a way of protecting themselves should their partner refuse to wear a condom. But trials of daily pills that cut the risk of HIV infection have mostly failed, as have vaginal gels that are used before and after sex. The problem isn't that the drugs are ineffective, it is that the gels and pills aren't used correctly, says Patrick Kiser at Northwestern University in Evanston IL.