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Proteins in Semen May Explain Microbicide Clinical Trial Failure

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Proteins in Semen May Explain Microbicide Clinical Trial Failure

image: Retroviral particles are attached to a seminal amyloid fibril. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 12, 2014, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. O. Zirafi at Ulm University Medical Center in Ulm, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Semen enhances HIV infectivity impairing the antiviral efficacy of microbicides." view more 

Credit: Janis A. Müller and Jan Münch, © 2014


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