<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/91bd5e60-0751-4a6a-b8de-f6bdbd54a8db/BCAC39CB-0D4E-4F94-8076-429120BF3820/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6024483/Liquid-condom-could-protect-against-HIV.html" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6024483/Liquid-condom-could-protect-against-HIV.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6024483/Liquid-condom-could-protect-against-HIV.html"><H1 aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">'Liquid condom' could protect against HIV</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6024483/Liquid-condom-could-protect-against-HIV.html"><H2 aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">A "liquid condom" that can physically trap semen and protect women against sexually transmitted diseases including HIV, is being developed by scientists. </H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6024483/Liquid-condom-could-protect-against-HIV.html"><P aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">The contraceptive gel remains in liquid form while in contact with acidity levels normally found in the vagina. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6024483/Liquid-condom-could-protect-against-HIV.html"><P aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">But the vaginal condom becomes solid and traps sperm, when it encounters semen, which is slightly alkaline. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6024483/Liquid-condom-could-protect-against-HIV.html"><P aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">Furthermore, any particles wider than 50 nanometres, which include the HIV, herpes and papilloma viruses, would also be trapped. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6024483/Liquid-condom-could-protect-against-HIV.html"><P aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">This means the gel is both a protectant and contraceptive and provides a cheap way to protect women in the Third World from pregnancy and HIV. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; 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