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By Carl W. Dieffenbach, Ph.D., Director, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Microbicides have been viewed as an important and potentially revolutionary way to protect women and men from sexual acquisition of HIV. Investigational preventive microbicides contain anti-HIV drugs, and are applied to the vagina via sponges, gels, creams, rings or suppositories, and

Last Reviewed: October 2, 2017

Conduct fundamental research to characterize the acute or long-term pathophysiological effects of toxic chemical exposure on the pulmonary, ocular, or neurological system.

Published: July 3, 2024

Office of Research on Women’s Health and NIH Support for Research on Women’s Health Report of the Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health: Fiscal Years 2019–2020 508-compliant PDF

Last Reviewed: March 8, 2022