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Article: Taiwanese Inventors Develop Lactic Acid Bacteria Contained Composition Coated Condom
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 19, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 19 -- Chih-Hong Wang, Hsin-Chung Chen and Yu-Shen Cheng, all from Taipei, Taiwan, have developed a condom coated with lactic acid bacteria contained composition.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a condom coated with lactic acid bacteria contained composition, which has not only provided the contraceptive effect and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases transmission but also helped to establish, maintain and reestablish a non-pathogenic, natural or genetically modified intra-vaginal bacterial flora action in vagina. The lactic acid bacteria can be genetically modified and natural lactic acid bacteria such as ...