Early on Merck ambitiously pursued an antiviral cocktail containing four vaccines: two against cancer, two against genital warts.
The 2010 winner, Julia Lalla-Maharajh, is pitching the cause of ending female genital mutilation.
Merck's also targets two other strains that cause nearly all forms of genital warts.
In Guinea, female genital mutilation carries the death penalty, but it has never been applied.
ECONOMIST: Banning the practice may not be the best way of ending it
The youth of Sierra Leone are asking for an end to female genital mutilation.
The study found the gel also reduced the risk of genital herpes by 51 percent.
The app screens for STDs that result in physical symptoms such as syphilis, herpes and genital warts.
The issue of female genital cutting is not one that many people are necessarily eager to discuss.
Early on, Merck ambitiously pursued an antiviral cocktail containing four vaccines--two against cancer, two against genital warts.
Men also carry the human papillomavirus, the virus that can lead to male cancers and genital warts.
Figures from the Health Protection Agency show that 75, 000 people were diagnosed with genital warts in 2010.
But a side effect may make the medicine tough to market: a relatively high rate of genital infections.
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The charity is urging schools to treat female genital mutilation as they would other forms of child abuse.
It had high hopes for Vistide, a drug to treat herpes, genital warts and a retina-destroying virus in late-stage AIDS patients.
Diseases such as antibiotic-resistant hospital infections and genital herpes have become hot targets.
Parents who enroll their daughters must agree that they will not be subjected to genital mutilation or early marriage.
Some strains of HPV lead to cancer (two strains account for 70% of cervical cancers), and others cause genital warts.
Female genital mutilation has been banned in some African countries, but it is still practiced in some remote, close-knit communities.
She was working as an advocacy adviser when she first came across female genital mutilation and started her campaign against it.
But in Egypt, American pressure proved too great for an aid-hungry government, and the law now makes genital mutilation a crime.
ECONOMIST: Banning the practice may not be the best way of ending it
In one study, young breast cancer survivors reported skin sensitivity, vaginal dryness, genital pain, premature menopause, fertility issues and extreme fatigue.
Tests on animals suggest that the substance may offer similar protection against other venereal diseases, including herpes, gonorrhoea and genital warts.
In a 2006 ruling the board cited potential impacts on hospitals, schools and jails, and opted to maintain the genital surgery requirement.
Female genital mutilation is practised in a number of mainly Muslim African communities, and the tradition can travel when immigrants settle abroad.
The study included 498 adults with healthy immune systems who had a diagnosis of genital herpes or who tested positive for HSV-2.
J. biotech, are looking at creams that directly affect the genital tissue.
Evidence of oxidative stress can appear under other conditions, including exposure to certain environmental pollutants or infections in the urinary genital tract.
Jeremy Browne will also say that the genital mutilation of girls as young as five is "barbaric" and should be regarded as "child abuse".
Then, two months ago, the NIAID signed another agreement to fund clinical trials of VivaGel aimed to study its application for genital herpes prevention.
Previous research has shown that people infected with HSV-2 can pass the virus to someone else through genital contact even if they don't have symptoms.
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