A vaginal gel designed to block HIV infection during sex has failed in a trial of 9385 women.
The gel has been touted as a method of preventing HIV that could empower women whose male partners are unwilling to wear a condom.
"It very clearly doesn't work," says chief investigator Sheena McCormack, of the MRC. "It tells us that the level of biological potency is not enough."
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The gel has been touted as a method of preventing HIV that could empower women whose male partners are unwilling to wear a condom.
"It very clearly doesn't work," says chief investigator Sheena McCormack, of the MRC. "It tells us that the level of biological potency is not enough."
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