Community | May 23, 2009 | 3 comments

New Contraceptive Device Is Designed To Prevent Sexual Transmission Of HIV

source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519172159.htm

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"Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College have published results showing that a new contraceptive device may also effectively block the transmission of the HIV virus. Findings show that the device prevents infection by the HIV virus in laboratory testing. The promising results are published in the most recent issue of the journal AIDS.

The new device is a vaginal ring that releases multiple types of non-hormonal agents and microbicides, which would prevent conception as well as sexually transmitted HIV infection.

Worldwide, there are about 5 million new infections and 3 million deaths per year due to HIV/AIDS. If proven successful in future clinical trials, the new device could empower women to effectively and conveniently protect themselves from unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection. The ring may also someday represent a novel method to prevent STIs for those with aversion to currently available methods, with hormonally derived active agents, or with allergies to latex condoms.

"This device is a new approach to birth control, because it avoids the long-term use of hormonal methods that have been associated with increased risk of certain cancers," says Dr. Brij Saxena, lead author and the Harold and Percy Uris Professor of Reproductive Biology and professor of endocrinology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Weill Cornell Medical College. "At the same time, this is the first device to simultaneously offer the possibility to prevent unintended pregnancy and HIV transmission."
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3 comments // New Contraceptive Device Is Designed To Prevent Sexual Transmission Of HIV

  • condomelite1
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      condomelite1  

    • You forgot to mention that the device releases the antiviral substance for 20something days and side effects are not even known yet (beside the effectivness is also not clear)

    • 2 years ago
  • unclecharlie
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      unclecharlie  

    • "The Purpose of Birth Control is to create a race of thoroughbreds." Margaret Sanger, Birth Control Review, 11/21, p.2 Or this- "More children from the fit, less from the unfit- that is the chief aim of birth control." Sanger, Birth Control Review 05/19 p. 12
      And yet Planned Parenthood today still honors their founder, as racist as she was.....go figure- but at least they got enough smarts to know it would be suicidal to actually quote her!

    • 2 years ago
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