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Nipple Shield That Deactivates HIV Prevents Virus Transmission During Breastfeeding  

post #1 of 6
9/25/08 at 5:59pm
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Interesting..

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_r...fm?DR_ID=54621

A nipple shield that disinfects milk as it leaves the breast has shown to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, BBC News reports. Devised by Stephen Gerrard, a University of Cambridge engineer, the shield employs a detergent used by biochemists to denature proteins for analysis, and a layer of cotton-wool soaked in the chemical is added to a conventional shield, which deactivates the virus. According to the BBC News, the layer deactivates the virus without having to go through heat treatment -- the normal treatment to deactivate HIV.
post #2 of 6
10/3/08 at 1:27am
This is extremely interesting....thanks for sharing this!
post #3 of 6
10/3/08 at 1:43am
Wow, that's pretty awesome!
post #4 of 6
10/3/08 at 1:55am
Uh, that scares me, but maybe I'm wrong.
post #5 of 6
10/3/08 at 3:13am
Interesting but what does which can kill HIV quickly and in fairly nontoxic concentrations so only a little toxic?
post #6 of 6
10/3/08 at 4:56am
I wonder if it destroys the good stuff in the milk?
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