AIDS protection ring for testing in people

2013/09/30 Galarraga Aiestaran, Ana - Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Medikuntza
• Farmakologia

The United States Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has announced that they have developed an effective, safe and reliable inner ring of the AIDS protection vagina, which will begin testing in women. They have shown that 100% of macaques are effective and have published their results in the scientific journal PNAS.

Other previous research has shown that drugs against the AIDS virus can be useful to prevent infection. Therefore, in areas where the use of the condom is not allowed, they can be a good option. But so far they have not found the right method to take them. For example, pills should be taken every day and at high doses, while vaginal rooms should be given just before intercourse, and many have difficulty in doing so.

Researchers who have participated in the study published by the DAP have spent ten years seeking a satisfactory solution. Finally, they have developed a ring that releases antiviral tenofovir into the vagina. Tenofovirra is a common practice in the treatment of AIDS, but is considered a pill and until now its efficacy in topical use has not been proven. In the tests carried out with the poplars, its total efficacy has been proven: It protects 100% of AIDS, lasts one month and adapts to the menstrual cycle.

The next step is to try in people. According to the researchers, the first tests will be conducted with 60 women in New York, at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine. The main objective of the experiment is to investigate that the ring is safe also in women and releases a proper dose.