Impact of Hydroxychloroquine-Loaded Polyurethane Intravaginal Rings on Lactobacilli [Lactobacilli are among the most common probiotic found in food such as yogurt, just fyi]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4649168/ This 2015 study was funded in part by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (grant OPP1007233GCE)
["For example, chloroquine was the most used anti-malarial drug for decades. It is no longer effective against the parasite in Africa." ](https://www.voanews.com/archive/gates-foundation-works-combating-malaria) [probably because of nets & sanitation imo, rather than the need to develop new depop clot shots] "Experts estimate that up to 80 percent of malaria in some parts of Africa is resistant to chloroquine, the cheapest standard drug." Gates was working on at least 9 malaria vaccinations, lost the source for that digging through all this
Source for the ring pics (University of Waterloo): https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/574278 https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/591006
"We've specifically engineered a combination IVR that can deliver two unique medications targeting different aspects of the HIV infection process," said Emmanuel Ho, a professor in the University of Waterloo's School of Pharmacy and study author. "Before, only one drug could be delivered from an intravaginal ring. The ring is made of medical-grade plastic and contains two segmented sections. One section is solid and coated in a pH-sensitive polymer that releases the customized gene-therapy treatment specifically during sexual intercourse. The other half is a hollow ring with tiny pores that releases HCQ slowly over twenty-five days. The HCQ is the first line of defence that reduces the immune cell activation - meaning HIV cells have fewer host target cells to interact with. Doing this buys time for the gene therapy treatment which comes in specifically during sexual intercourse to further suppress the expression of cellular receptors that HIV cells attach to."
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