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Anti-HIV specialists disappointed over calling off human trial.

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Anti-HIV specialists disappointed over calling off human trial

Mumbai, Feb 4 (PTI) Reproductive biologists and specialists working on prevention of HIV/AIDS were disappointed over reproductive health research organisation CONRAD's decision to call off human trial on microbicide cellulose sulphate.

The experts attending the international conference on `Actions to strengthen linkages between sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS', which began here today, said that they had hope on this cellulose phosphate formulations so much as it would have been a cheaper option for the poor women in many parts of the country and world.

They also hoped that the three more microbicides which are undergoing PhaseIII (human) trial in different parts of the world would not…

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