Special cream for preventing AIDS

Scientists at the University of Geneva - Switzerland have developed a drug that helps women improve their ability

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prevention of AIDS. It is a cream, which has special molecules that can prevent the spread of HIV. Women can use this cream to avoid HIV infection, even if their partner has been infected.

Tim Farley, representative of the World Health Organization, said: "This product will prevent viruses from entering cells and multiplying to destroy them. This cream is easy to use and not. need cooperation or consent from a partner, it is safer than using a condom. "

This special medicinal cream called PSC-Rante , which has been developed for 7 years, was tested on monkeys at a laboratory in Louisiana, USA and produced positive results. Scientists are expected to experiment on humans next time. The object that this cream is aimed at is African women.

According to UNAIDS reports, more than 60% of people in sub-Saharan Africa live with HIV. The rate of HIV / AIDS infection in this area also increased dramatically. In 2005 alone, Africa witnessed nearly 4 million cases of new HIV infection.