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Yoghurt could help protect women against HIV

YOGHURT containing friendly bacteria could help women fend off HIV, it was claimed yesterday.

Yoghurt could help protect women against HIV

Thu, 05 Oct, 2006 - 01:00

John von Radowitz

The harmless bug Lactobacillus has been engineered to create a microbicide that attacks the Aids virus.

Eating yoghurt with the bacteria could help protect women against HIV, according to a report in New Scientist magazine.

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