下一代3D打印的阴道环用于预防艾滋病毒和意外怀孕

Isabella C Young1, Priya Srinivasan2, Roopali Shrivastava3

  • 1Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.

Biomaterials
|August 7, 2023
PubMed
概括

这项研究引入了第一个3D打印的多用途预防技术 (MPT) 阴道内环 (IVR) 用于HIV预防和避孕. 这种创新的IVR为需要有效,长效的预防方法的妇女和女孩提供了潜在的新选择.

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