Lactic acid strengthens the junctions between cells in the female genital tract that form a physical barrier to harmful bacteria and viruses.
Oct 12, 2022
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Skin-to-skin contact during sexual intercourse is the main cause of transmission of monkeypox, above airborne transmission, showed a new study published in The Lancet.
Aug 9, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have observed that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can infect the testes of infected hamsters. The findings, published in the journal Microorganisms, could ...
Jun 18, 2021
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Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new way to prevent and treat Chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the world.
Feb 6, 2019
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Of the 34 million people worldwide with HIV, and the 200 million with schistosomiasis, the majority live in Africa— where millions of people are simultaneously infected with both diseases. Now, researchers reporting in ...
Dec 13, 2018
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Scientists at the University of Waterloo have developed a new tool to protect women from HIV infection.
Apr 16, 2018
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Why do some women get HIV infection, even though they are using tenofovir gel for prophylaxis?
Mar 1, 2018
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Exposing the gut to chlamydia protects against subsequent infection in the genital tract and other tissues, researchers from UT Health San Antonio discovered. Chlamydia is the nation's most common sexually transmitted disease ...
Jan 26, 2018
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Transitioning away from a popular contraceptive shot known as DMPA could help protect women in Sub-Saharan Africa and other high-risk regions from becoming infected with HIV, according to a research review published in the ...
Jan 4, 2018
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Ebola virus RNA can persist in the semen of survivors more than two years after the onset of infection researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found. The research team, which included investigators ...
Aug 2, 2017
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