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AIDS prevention gel fails in trial, researchers say

In another setback for the fight against AIDS, a microbicide to protect women against infection has failed in the largest trial of its kind, researchers said yesterday, Monday 14 December 2009.

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That failure, several researchers said, was the last nail in the coffin for this type of microbicide — gels containing molecules that clump around the virus before it reaches the vaginal wall.

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