| 1. | Development of such a microbicide is considered a major public health goal.
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| 2. | Experience has taught scientists that there is no guarantee of an effective microbicide.
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| 3. | At the time, the drug was under evaluation as a vaginal microbicide.
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| 4. | Designing a vaginal microbicide is complex, however.
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| 5. | Scientific questions have also plagued the microbicide development.
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| 6. | A microbicide would also protect an infected woman's sex partners from infection.
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| 7. | An ideal microbicide would work in three ways.
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| 8. | The holy grail of AIDS prevention technology for women would be an effective microbicide.
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| 9. | Researchers have explored using personal lubricant as a vehicle for delivering a rectal microbicide.
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| 10. | But a safe microbicide would be an important weapon in the anti-AIDS arsenal.
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