NIH names Clinical Trial Units for the Microbicide Trials Network
... seven countries that seek to determine if topical microbicides can help prevent the sexual transmission of HIV in... Some of these trials will be designed to evaluate microbicides along with other promising HIV/AIDS prevention approaches, such as oral anti-retroviral prophylaxis....Clinical Trials Units selected for newly restructured HIV/AIDS research networks
...ons and other HIV-related conditions Developing microbicides to prevent HIV acquisition and transmission Creating strategies to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission Developing new methods of HIV prevention Each unit will be led by a principal investigator and include an administrative component, c...Study defines effective microbicide design for HIV/AIDS prevention
...ool they say could lead to improvements in topical microbicides being developed for women to use to prevent infect... that causes AIDS. Providing women with improved microbicides is a pressing challenge because women now account for a growing number of new infections worldwide, ...'Senseless' turf battles between health development and relief agencies
...sse PJ, Shattock RJ, Moore JP (2006) Which topical microbicides for blocking HIV-1 transmission will work in the real world? PLoS Med 3(9): e351. PLEASE ADD THE LINK TO THE PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN ONLINE VERSIONS OF YOUR REPORT: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030351 PRESS-ONLY PREVIEW OF THE ARTICLE: ...NIAID announces leadership for newly restructured HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks
...ons and other HIV-related conditions Developing microbicides to prevent HIV acquisition and transmission Creating strategies to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission Developing new methods of HIV prevention Total funding for both the network leadership and the CTUs is expected to reach $285 mill...Anti-HIV drug has potential to prevent transmission in women
...gel can prevent HIV from replicating, unlike other microbicides which have been designed to block HIV entry into c... tests while using the gel. Past safety trials of microbicides showed that certain gels caused ulcerations and inflammation in women that could actually facilitate...New licensing agreement to maximize AIDS drug development
... agreement to research and develop Biosyn-patented microbicides for the prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. The three microbicides covered under the agreement are in various stages of development and work under different mechanisms...... -- International efforts are underway to evaluate microbicides as a tool to prevent HIV infection in people at hi...o work with partners on studies of Savvy and other microbicides with the potential to help prevent HIV. Microbicide trials are critical to identifying new HIV prev...Combination microbicides protect monkeys against HIV-like virus
...at when used in combination, vaginal gels known as microbicides can protect against an HIV-like virus. The researc...of Health (NIH), suggests that similar combination microbicides could potentially provide a safe, effective and practical way to prevent HIV transmission to women, ...Microbicide field praises agreement to license new AIDS drugs
...stribute new antiretroviral compounds as potential microbicides to protect women from HIV. Members of key classes...ikewise." "This advances the goal of developing microbicides that are not only safe and effective but also affordable," said Anna Forbes, Acting Director of the ...International conference on AIDS India presents lifetime achievement award
...ear's conference focuses on new strategies such as microbicides to halt the incidence of HIV infections. India is now second to South Africa in the number of overall people living with AIDS and the epidemic continues to shift towards women and young people with nearly half of people living with AIDS being women....U.S. House introduces Microbicide Development Act of 2005
...edicate more public health resources to developing microbicides quickly," said Representative Chris Shays of Conne...sing biotechnologies for improving global health," microbicides are a class of products currently under development that women could apply topically to prevent tran...Johns Hopkins AIDS expert says global strategy needed to combat 'feminization' of HIV/AIDS
...nated efforts to focus on women, develop effective microbicides that women can use themselves and a gender-specific vaccine program that takes into account the different immune responses between women and men." Also needed, he says, are cultural programs for reshaping gender roles, such as educating more women ab...Microbicide partners receive $5.7 million from Gates Foundation
...elopment will continue to speed the development of microbicides by collaborating with researchers, policy-makers, ...ty of the Gates Foundation, our efforts to develop microbicides would be delayed by years," said Polly Harrison, Director of the Alliance for Microbicide Developmen...