Sentences with phrase «new microbicide»
Rhesus macaques like this one blocked the monkey version of HIV with a new microbicide.
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A series of vaccine and microbicide clinical trials to prevent HIV transmission have been unsuccessful, and scientists are returning to the drawing board to devise new approaches.
Researchers leading a large, ongoing study in women called VOICE that compares PrEP with pills to a vaginal microbicide plan to revaluate the ethics of continuing to use a placebo control group given the new evidence of oral Truvada's powerful impact.
«I don't think anyone suspected that the tenofovir gel would not work,» says immunologist John Moore, who works on microbicides at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.
Now a new monkey study suggests that a microbicide containing a compound that many investigators would consider old - fashioned may have the power to thwart the AIDS virus.
In addition to the expanded use of ARVs in new modalities such as pre-exposure prophylaxis and microbicides [1], this includes commensal microbicides [2], gene therapies [3], [4] and vaccines [5], [6], [7].
Janssen GPH will also prioritise work with the International Partnership for Microbicides developing the investigational drug dapivirine for use as a monthly vaginal microbicidal ring designed to prevent sexual transmission of HIV and continue its pact with Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative for the preclinical research of a reformulated form of flubendazole for lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and onchocerciasis (river blindness), Janssen GPH is also developing a new, chewable formulation of Vermox (mebendazole) that will facilitate treatment of intestinal worms in younger children.
James Eghaghe The New HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Research Advocacy Society of Nigeria (NHVMAS), Nigeria
Researchers from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln have generated an «on - off switch» into a weakened form of HIV, potentially creating a new vaccine for Comprehensive exploration of research into HIV prevention, including microbicides, PrEP, PEP, condoms, circumcision and HIV treatment as prevention.