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. >> it is to protect women during intercourse from hiv and hsv, a form of genital herpes also rampants that sometimes discourage the use of condemns. >> therefore you want to empower the women to take charge of their own health. >> the project recently received a boost from the national institute of health. in july it awarded them a half million dollars grant to fund the research for two years. >> they believe the combination therapy could be particularly effective because hsv-2 infections leave women more vulnerable to contracting hiv. it suggests in the microgel were used by even a fraction of women having unprotected sex in the developing world, it to prevent hundreds of thousands of infections every year. and the team hopes to speed the approval process. >> we are quickly hoping that the next two years we can take this product to a stage where we can actually get down there and say we are going to start a medical study hopefully in africa in a few years. >> carolyn johnson reporting try searchers are hoping the final version of the gel will last up to 8 hours. lisa argen joins us

. >> it is to protect women during intercourse from hiv and hsv, a form of genital herpes also rampant. it would be an alternative in male-dominated cultures that sometimes discourage the use of condoms. >> therefore you want to empower the women to take charge of their own health. >> the project recently received a boost from the national institute of health. in july it awarded them a half million dollars grant to fund the research for two years. >> they believe the combination therapy could be particularly effective because hsv-2 infections leave women more vulnerable to contracting hiv. if you can reduce the one, you also reduce the other. >> in fact, the statistical analysis suggests if the microgel were used by even a fraction of women having unprotected sex in the developing world, it to prevent hundreds of thousands of infections every year. since the gel has antiviral drugs, they are hoping it speeds the approval process. >> we are quickly hoping that the next two years we can take this product to a stage where we can actually get down there and say we are going to start a medi

. >> it is to protect women during intercourse from hiv and hsv, a form of genital herpes also rampanternative in male-dominated cultures that sometimes discourage the use of condoms. >> therefore you want to empower the women to take charge of their own health. >> the project recently received a boost from the national institute of health. in july it awarded them a half million dollars grant to fund the research for two years. >> they believe the combination therapy could be particularly effective because hsv-2 infections leave women more vulnerable to contracting hiv. if you can reduce the one, you also reduce the other. >> in fact, the statistical analysis suggests if the microgel were used by even a fraction of women having unprotected sex in the developing world, it to prevent hundreds of thousands of infections every year. since the gel has antiviral drugs, they are hoping it speeds the process. and the team hopes to speed the approval process. >> we are quickly hoping that the next two years we can take this product to a stage where we can actually get down there and say we are