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Experts hail 100% effective twice-yearly shot to treat Aids
This electron microscope image made available by the US National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell (in blue) under attack by HIV (in yellow), the virus that causes Aids
EXPERTS hailed twice-yearly shots used to treat Aids that were 100 per cent effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published today.
There were no infections in the young women and girls that got the shots in a study of about 5,000 in South Africa and Uganda, researchers reported.
In a group given daily prevention pills, roughly 2 per cent ended up catching HIV from infected sex partners.
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