Title: Microbicides an Important Potential Weapon Against HIV

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Section/SPIG: Health Administration

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Microbicides are becoming an important potential weapon against HIV infection. A new article posted on the SciDevNet Web site explores the issues of microbicides, asking such important questions as:

• "Will they redefine the phrase 'safe sex'?"


• "Will researchers avoid the ethical setbacks of many vaccine trials?"

The SciDevNet microbicide Web page, <http://tinyurl.com/4atfa>, includes an introduction to the issue of microbicides, some background reading, and links the to news, feature and opinion articles and to related organizations.