CONTRACEPTIVE GEL PREVENTS SPREAD OF AIDS, HERPES AND CHLAMYDIA
Alexandria, VA -- November 4, 1999 -- Using cellulose sulfate (CS), a clinically proven contraceptive agent in the 1960s and 70s, scientists have developed a patented new compound that hinders sexually transmitted diseases in animals.
In vitro tests suggests this new antimicrobial-contraceptive agent does not allow the transmission of the herpes simplex virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), chlamydia trachomatis or the virus that causes cervical cancer.
This topic and others will be presented at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting "Quest for the Magic Bullet: An Astounding Century." More than seven thousand pharmaceutical scientists from around the world will gather at the New Orleans meeting November 14-18, to share the latest scientific research.
AAPS is a professional, scientific society of more than 9,000 members employed in academia, industry, government and other research institutes worldwide. Founded in 1986, AAPS aims to advance science through the open exchange of scientific knowledge, serve as an information resource, and contribute to human health through pharmaceutical research and development. For more information about AAPS, visit AAPS Online at http://www.aaps.org.
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Editor's Note: For more information on the above research or to set up interviews with researchers, please contact Hannah Elinson ([email protected]) or Marie Bertot ([email protected]) at 305-573-9955. Abstracts of data can be previewed in a fully-searchable database on AAPS Online (www.aaps.org) or for complete up-to-date meeting information, please check out the AAPS Newsroom at http://www/aaps.org/sciaffairs/news.html.
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