| 11. | Combining a diaphragm with a microbicide will likely be a strong option, she said.
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| 12. | One solution might be a vaginal microbicide that a woman would apply in anticipation of intercourse.
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| 13. | The need for a microbicide is even more urgent because there is no vaccine for HIV.
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| 14. | "But even a partially effective microbicide could save millions of lives, " she added.
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| 15. | At the highest concentrations of microbicide, five out of five of the animals were protected.
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| 16. | An effective microbicide, which must be affordable in poor countries, would be immensely useful.
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| 17. | The microbicide initiative is part of a small, overall increase in federal spending on HIV prevention.
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| 18. | Now, it is doubtful that trial will continue, until a new microbicide candidate is found.
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| 19. | VOICE is the first efficacy trial of both pre-exposure prophylaxis and vaginal microbicide HIV prevention.
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| 20. | Daunting, but not insurmountable, " said Joseph Perriens, UNAIDS manager of the microbicide effort.
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