New female “condom” to be trialled

Scientists at Laval University in Quebec, Canada, have received $C350 000 (£157 000; $236 000) in federal funds to undertake phase I trials of a new “invisible condom” for women that they have developed over the past nine years.

It consists of a microbiocide gel introduced in liquid form into a woman's vagina, which first acts as a physical barrier to …