Vaginal Ring Protects Monkeys Against AIDS Virus, Study Shows
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A vaginal ring that emits an HIV-fighting drug protected monkeys from getting a version of the AIDS-causing virus, according to a study that suggests the same approach may help women whose partners won’t wear condoms.
Macaques that received the drug-laced rings were 83 percent less likely to become infected with simian HIV than those that got placebo rings, researchers from the New York-based Population Council wrote in a study published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine.