Australian researchers say 'natural condom' could stop HIV

[The Straight Story]

Australian researchers say 'natural condom' could stop HIV

3 days ago

SYDNEY (AFP) — Australian researchers said Wednesday they have developed a means of producing a "natural condom" which could prevent the spread of AIDS.

The Melbourne researchers said they believe men could reduce their risk of contracting the HIV virus, which causes the deadly disease AIDS, by applying the female hormone, oestrogen, to their penis once a week.

University of Melbourne researcher Professor Roger Short said that use of an oestrogen cream could quadruple the thin layer of the protein keratin on the skin and thereby provide a natural defensive layer.

"You create what you could call a natural condom," Short told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

"You create a biological membrane which the virus can't get through."

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gRvT2i5DW7xwihkzRYHg2J6uX4_Q

By the time I was done 'applying' it, I probably wouldn't need sex :)

[madeline_con]

1. But...

what about the "natrual opening" in the penis? Is the virus now unable to enter?

:eyes:

[Deja Q]

2. Yet women can acquire the disease from infected men despite their "oestrogen"

Something about the article is as fake as the orgasm I had last night.

[Warpy]

4. Yes, it's fake

There is no way for this to work.

In addition, female to male transmission is not efficient. Unfortunately for us, male to female transmission is.

This is just a bunch of hooey to give males a false sense of security as they spread the virus to either women or men.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Only one application per week. Not a hundred in less than 30 minutes.