Genital Transmission of HPV in a Mouse Model is Potentiated by Nonoxynol-9
In a second 2007 study titled Genital Transmission of HPV in a Mouse Model is Potentiated by Nonoxynol-9 and Inhibited by Carrageenan, the research team of Jeffrey Roberts, Christopher Buck, Cynthia Thompson, Rhonda Kines, Marcelino Bernardo, Peter L. Choyke, Douglas R. Lowy & John T. Schiller made an extraordinary series of revelations using in vivo testing with mice. First they found that the common spermicide Nonoxynol-9 actually increased the likelihood of HPV infection significantly.They also found that carrageenan in general, and Divine 9 specifically, virtually eliminated HPV infection in the mice. Finally, they found that when a carrageenan based product like Divine [...]