March 2000 issue of "Body Positive" features an article that speculates on the future of microbicides as an alternative to condoms.

Explore microbicides for STD prevention through this Winter 1999/2000 publication of the Community Research Initiative on AIDS.

Covers the scientific examination of more than 50 experimental substances as possible vaginal microbicides.

Read about promising microbicide candidates, including polysaccharides, protegrins, buffered gels, and a variety of plant and animal extracts.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases offers this .pdf document on topical microbicides for STD prevention in women.

Article in the "Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine" focuses on the sluggish development of microbicides.

"Family Planning Perspectives" offers a study by Jacqueline Darroch and Jennifer Frost which found that women want anti-STD microbicides.