`Super Condom` against AIDS |
Researchers including an Indian-American professor have developed a new non-latex condom which contains antioxidants and can kill the deadly virus even after breaking. Mahua Choudhery and her team of researchers at Texas A&M University have come up with the hydrogel condom which could help in the global fight against HIV. The condom is made of an elastic polymer called hydrogel, and includes plant-based antioxidants that have anti-HIV properties.Choudhury , assistant professor at the Texas A&M Health Science Center`s Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, said they are only making a novel material for condoms to prevent the HIV infection, but also aim at eradicating this infection if possible. "Supercondom could help fight against HIV infection and may as well prevent unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases and will revolutionize the HIV prevention initiative.Choudhury, who studied Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Genetics in India before getting her PhD in the US, has been researching diabetes and the obesity epidemic. She was one of 54 people awarded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation`s "Grand Challenge in Global Health" grant.
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