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Offline Miss Mia

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New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« on: March 05, 2009, 05:42:14 PM »
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New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
Cosmetic Ingredient GML Protects Monkeys From AIDS Virus

March 4, 2009 -- A new kind of vaginal gel prevents sexual transmission of the AIDS virus in monkey studies.

The anti-HIV ingredient in the gel is glycerol monolaurate or GML. It's already FDA approved as an ingredient in cosmetics and medicines.

"The results are very encouraging. They point to a novel avenue to prevent sexual transmission of HIV," study researcher Ashley T. Haase, MD, head of the microbiology department at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, said at a telephone news conference.

The surprise finding that GML can block HIV comes from basic research showing that the AIDS virus gains a foothold in the vagina by taking advantage of the body's immune system. Immune responses to the virus draw T cells -- the white blood cells HIV loves to infect -- to the site of infection. Without T-cell recruitment, HIV loses its grip.

That's where GML comes in. The antimicrobial agent affects immune responses and breaks the chain of events that let HIV spread through the body.

"We thought if we could modulate the immune response at the portal of HIV entry, we could block sexual transmission," Haase said. "[Colleague] Patrick Schlievert's work with GML showed that it had many properties that might block HIV expansion and systematic spread."

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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2009, 05:55:26 PM »
No doubt related to the bullet-stopping gel you posted about in Military topics, except with some Febreze mixed in...

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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2009, 05:57:37 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on March 05, 2009, 05:55:26 PM
No doubt related to the bullet-stopping gel you posted about in Military topics, except with some Febreze mixed in...

 :evillaugh:


LOL! 

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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2009, 05:59:27 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on March 05, 2009, 05:55:26 PM
No doubt related to the bullet-stopping gel you posted about in Military topics, except with some Febreze mixed in...

 :evillaugh:

That's just wrong.
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2009, 06:01:03 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on March 05, 2009, 05:55:26 PM
No doubt related to the bullet-stopping gel you posted about in Military topics, except with some Febreze mixed in...

 :evillaugh:

 :lmao:



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Tell me you didn't bust a gut typing that!!!! 
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2009, 06:02:11 PM »
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Cosmetic Ingredient GML Protects Monkeys From AIDS Virus

This wouldn't be a problem if people weren't having sex with monkeys . Ewwww
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2009, 06:05:37 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 05, 2009, 06:02:11 PM
This wouldn't be a problem if people weren't having sex with monkeys . Ewwww


In reality, hopefully this can be improved from what they tested with now (a KY and mix of the GML).  A whole lot of women in Africa are raped and get HIV that way, something like this could help those women. 
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2009, 06:36:22 PM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on March 05, 2009, 06:05:37 PM

In reality, hopefully this can be improved from what they tested with now (a KY and mix of the GML).  A whole lot of women in Africa are raped and get HIV that way, something like this could help those women. 


I'm trying to remember, was it AIDS that they think first came from people eating monkeys, or was that Ebola?
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2009, 10:36:57 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 05, 2009, 06:02:11 PM
This wouldn't be a problem if people weren't having sex with monkeys . Ewwww


Wouldn't be a problem if they were having vaginal sex.  That goes for those girls in Africa being raped.

Might help some in China and India.   Won't change a damn thing in San Fran.
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2009, 11:35:58 PM »
Hi,

Jim you beat me to it.  Where did they find the gay monkeys????

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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2009, 12:02:32 AM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on March 05, 2009, 06:05:37 PM

In reality, hopefully this can be improved from what they tested with now (a KY and mix of the GML).  A whole lot of women in Africa are raped and get HIV that way, something like this could help those women. 


?????

hey, let me put this gel on it before you rape me??
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2009, 12:04:06 AM »
Quote from: FGL on March 06, 2009, 12:02:32 AM

?????

hey, let me put this gel on it before you rape me??

exactly.  rape is rape.
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2009, 12:31:53 AM »
Quote from: FGL on March 06, 2009, 12:02:32 AM

?????

hey, let me put this gel on it before you rape me??

Hopefully it can be improved from this version to something that COULD help those women.  Maybe a pill form that could be taken for so long after the fact, or even a gel that could be applied afterward.  That would help those women in Africa. 
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2009, 06:39:30 PM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on March 05, 2009, 06:05:37 PM

In reality, hopefully this can be improved from what they tested with now (a KY and mix of the GML).  A whole lot of women in Africa are raped and get HIV that way, something like this could help those women. 

Funny thing that supports that type of shit, a culture is.
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2009, 06:41:33 PM »
Quote from: 5412 on March 05, 2009, 11:35:58 PM
Hi,

Jim you beat me to it.  Where did they find the gay monkeys????

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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2009, 08:41:26 PM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on March 06, 2009, 12:31:53 AM
Hopefully it can be improved from this version to something that COULD help those women.  Maybe a pill form that could be taken for so long after the fact, or even a gel that could be applied afterward.  That would help those women in Africa. 


I'm thinking a .45 would be more effective.
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2009, 10:46:27 PM »
Quote from: Jim on March 06, 2009, 08:41:26 PM

I'm thinking a .45 would be more effective.

Rape-B-Gon.  Just apply to the head.

Rape-B-Gon.  Just apply to the head.

Rape-B-Gon.  Just apply to the head.
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2009, 10:51:17 PM »
Soon to be found in every butthole in San Francisco.
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2009, 10:52:55 PM »
The Mayor's office?
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #19 on: March 07, 2009, 06:24:22 AM »


Concrete: Better than a gel. Stops the AIDS virus and prevents pregnancies too.
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #20 on: March 07, 2009, 03:09:18 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on March 06, 2009, 10:51:17 PM
Soon to be found in every butthole in San Francisco.


will it work there too ?   then it might help.
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My fellow Americans, there is nothing audacious about hope. Hope is what makes people buy lottery tickets instead of paying the bills. Hope is for the old gals feeding the slots in Atlantic City. It destroys the inner-city kid who quits school because he hopes he'll be a world-famous recording artist.

What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?

One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy.

The other kills her own food.

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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #21 on: March 07, 2009, 04:20:34 PM »
Don't think I'd want to bet my life on it...... :mental:
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Re: New Vaginal Gel Stops AIDS Virus
« Reply #22 on: March 07, 2009, 04:59:44 PM »
Quote from: Peter3_1 on March 07, 2009, 04:20:34 PM
Don't think I'd want to bet my life on it...... :mental:

I'm pretty sure the .45 would
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