An interesting possibility, should tests show that it can be effective. It has always impressed me how many simple, yet effective solutions there are in the developing world. What's especially exciting about this potential option is that the big pharmaceutical companies would not be able to hold the world hostage by owning a patent, much like the anti-malarial drug made from wormwood.
"In research to be presented on Tuesday at the International AIDS Conference here, a team led by Roger Short of the University of Melbourne says a solution of lemon juice -- when tested on a lab dish, not on humans -- was a mighty slayer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
"Provided that clinical trials confirm that intravaginal lemon juice is acceptable, safe and effective, it could prove to be Nature's own microbicide," according to a resume of their research.
"We've been looking for the microbicidal Cadillac, when all along we've been overlooking the humble push bike," he told the British science journal Nature last week."
