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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.

15 Dec 2009

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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