Thursday, September 12, 2013

Scientists have developed a protective agent against HIV infection infant feeding

American scientists from the University of Cambridge have to prevent a simple protective device for nipple nursing mothers, the transmission of HIV to the child develops during feeding, reports the BBC. One of the developers of the chemical engineer Stephen Gerrard helped a safety device which is capable of disinfecting the milk in the diet. This unit has a cleaning agent by biochemists used to denature proteins in the analysis. The apparatus was a layer of cotton wool in a chemical which soaked the virus inactivated. This treatment destroys the virus without heat treatment. This development was presented at an international meeting on recent developments in the United States. Other scientists have a device that is the nipple and breast-feeding mother put forward as disinfected milk heats, but experts believe that it will take more time and many mothers create inconvenience in use. Therefore, the protection in the form of cotton wool soaked in a special way, is non-toxic and not too much time, which makes it even easier, experts say.

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