AIDS breakthrough: Gel helps prevent infection (AP)

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http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100719/capt.photo_1279537355051-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=bkKnXJHOXaFXYwTp.seyiQ-- (http://us.rd.*****.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.*****.com/s/ap/20100720/ap_on_he_me/us_med_anti_aids_gel)AP - For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists called it a breakthrough in the long quest for a tool to help women whose partners won't use condoms.




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