Vaginal microbicide information

A vaginal microbicide is a microbicide for vaginal use, generally as protection against the contraction of a sexually transmitted infection during vaginal...

Marrazzo conducted the VOICE (Vaginal and Oral Interventions to Control the Epidemic) Study through the Microbicide Trials Network. The study was a...

lactobacilli in the vaginal flora. This is one reason why, although macaques are used for studying HIV transmission and testing microbicides, animal models...

PRO 2000 is an experimental vaginal microbicide which has been proposed as a preventive medicine for reducing the risk of contracting HIV. It has never...

[citation needed] Along with vaginal microbicides, rectal microbicides are currently the subject of medical research on microbicides for sexually transmitted...

Spermicide is a contraceptive substance that destroys sperm, inserted vaginally prior to intercourse to prevent pregnancy. As a contraceptive, spermicide...

protective nature of the vaginal epithelium has been recommended as it would help in the design of topical medication and microbicides. There are very rare...

research of the MTN and the microbicide field. The Vaginal and Oral Interventions to Control the Epidemic (VOICE) found a vaginal gel containing an anti-HIV...

Dapivirine (DPV) Ring is an antiretroviral vaginal ring pioneered by the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) pending for regulatory review. It...

properties and superior latex compatibility. Vaginal lubricants are used to augment vaginal lubrication and reduce vaginal dryness and pain during intercourse...

available on the market that act as vaginal products. Studies are being done to test vaginal gels with different microbicides for their effectiveness at preventing...

licensed to the International Partnership for Microbicides for its development as a vaginal microbicide in March 2004. Galapagos NV FlandersBio Pauwels...

Rosenberg, Z. (2001). "Safety and Tolerability of BufferGel, a Novel Vaginal Microbicide, in Women in the United States". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 32...

products as microbicides in developing countries. In 2011, IPM will initiate a Phase III clinical program to evaluate the dapivirine vaginal ring, an antiretroviral-based...

Inc. on a novel "live microbial microbicide" approach to HIV/AIDS prevention. By genetically engineering normal vaginal bacteria to produce a potent anti-HIV...

authors list (link) "Safety and Effectiveness Study of a Candidate Vaginal Microbicide for Prevention of HIV". ClinicalTrials.gov. 23 March 2010. Retrieved...

of HIV infection may find use as a topical treatment, such as a vaginal microbicide, and may be cheaper to produce than current antiviral topical treatments...

join the HIV movement led by Polly Harrison and formed the Alliance for Microbicide Development. She co-published a study in 1991 titled Reliability of diagnosing...

"Homeostatic properties of Lactobacillus jensenii engineered as a live vaginal anti-HIV microbicide". BMC Microbiology. 13 (4): 4. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-13-4. PMC 3605260...

Virology. At St Bartholomew’s Jeffries focused on the development of vaginal microbicides which could prevent the sexual transmission of HIV. In 1998 Jeffries...

suggest it warrants further investigation SAMMA's as a topical microbicide to prevent vaginal sexually-transmitted infection transmission. 2-Hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyric...