Promising HIV gel fails in latest trial
Anti-HIV gel doesn’t stop virus transmission, new study confirms, and may not increase infection risk
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The anti-HIV gel Ushercell is not effective at stopping HIV transmission, an international research team reports in the July 31 New England Journal of Medicine. The gel also appears not to increase rates of HIV transmission as earlier results had suggested.
A clinical trial testing the effectiveness of the gel in preventing HIV infection was stopped early last year after an analysis not only showed a lack of effectiveness, but also linked the gel to higher HIV transmission rates.