HIV virus
Jul 30 2007, Swati S

Viva gel, an experimental sex lubricant currently being tried on women as a contraceptive, which has been designed by Australian researchers, and is also thought to help block the viruses responsible for AIDS and genital herpes. Laboratory tests done...

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