Contraception and HIV in cloth

Currently, condoms are the only product that has the potential to prevent unwanted pregnancies and is a safeguard against the spread of HIV.

However, many men do not like to use the ' raincoat' while it is odd that women insist on using this method. To solve the problem, scientists in the United States have come up with the idea of making a woman's soluble cloth similar to a condom.

Researchers at Washington University mixed a dissolved polymer approved by the US Food and Drug Administration with drugs that work against the HIV virus and sexually transmitted diseases. The mixture is then treated to form a thin fiber and then weave into a stretchable and soluble fabric.

The sperm images are specially sealed under a microscope. ( Photo: Gizmag)

When inserted into the vagina, the special fabric isolates the movement of sperm and releases drugs that prevent HIV infection or sexually transmitted diseases. With some technical changes, fabrics can dissolve in a few minutes or days to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

Many anti-HIV drugs can also be combined in individual fibers to protect the body against resistant strains of HIV.

Last month, the project received a $ 1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its research.

Special fabrics are developed primarily for African people, who have high rates of HIV infection while economic and human knowledge is limited.