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March 7, 2013
By Julia Evangelou Strait
We also are looking at this for couples where only one of the partners
has HIV, and they want to have a baby, Hood says. These particles by
themselves are actually very safe for sperm, for the same reason they
are safe for vaginal cells.
While this work was done in cells in a laboratory environment, Hood and
his colleagues say the nanoparticles are easy to manufacture in large
enough quantities to supply them for future clinical trials.
Hood JL, Jallouck AP, Campbell N, Ratner L, Wickline SA. Cytolytic
nanoparticles attenuate HIV-1 infectivity. Antiviral Therapy. Vol. 19: 95 103. 2013
This work was supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand
Challenges Explorations grant number OPP1024642 Fusogenic
nanoparticles for combined anti-HIV/contraception.
Washington University School of Medicines 2,100 employed and
volunteer faculty physicians also are the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish
and St. Louis Childrens hospitals. The School of Medicine is one of the
leading medical research, teaching and patient care institutions in the
nation, currently ranked sixth in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
Through its affiliations with Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Childrens
hospitals, the School of Medicine is linked to BJC HealthCare.