New generation condoms can kill the HIV virus

A research team in the US is designing new condoms that help users feel more comfortable, increase pleasure, especially kill HIV.

New condoms help kill the HIV virus

According to Health, this new generation condom has more breakthrough features than previous products. This type of bag is made of flexible , firm hydrogel and feels like human tissue. Hydrogel is a gel with a mainly water component, which is widely used in the manufacture of contact lenses and medical applications.

Dr Mahua Choudhury, assistant professor at the Irma Lerma Rangel A&M Medical Science Center, Texas, said: "Some people are allergic to latex, others are uncomfortable. Using condom products today, so we want to create a better type of bag with new material.If successful, it will be a breakthrough step in safe and effective contraception. Expect a new generation of condoms to prevent HIV infection by destroying this virus. "

New generation of condoms with many outstanding features.(Photo: Health).

To enhance the ability to prevent sexual diseases, especially HIV, of hydrogel condoms, Dr. Choudhury and his team have dipped the product into a proven plant-derived antioxidant. fight HIV virus. Scientists expect the "century disease" virus to be controlled right from this stage. Products are in the process of testing, can be launched in the next 6 months.

Dr Choudhury said: "If there is an accident or incident, the antioxidant in the bag will escape and prevent the replication of HIV. I hope humanity will use this new condom, specifically are people in rural areas and developing countries ".

The new generation condom initiative has led Dr. Choudhury to the top 54 of the 1,700 candidates to receive the Grand Challenge award for global health organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2014, there are about 36.9 million people living with HIV globally, about 2 million new infections each year.