ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, COW'S MILK PROTECTS AGAINST HIV

Cows’ milk can be potentially developed into affordable 

creams that can help protect humans against HIV, a study 

has claimed.

Scientist from University of Melbourne found that when 

pregnant cows were vaccinated with an HIV protein, the first 

milk produced by the cow after giving birth, called colostrum, 

produced high antibodies to protect its newborn against 

disease.

Researchers were now planning to test the effectiveness and 

safety of the milk before turning it into a cream which will 

hopefully allow women to protect themselves against 

contracting the virus during sex, without relying on men.

However, the final result could be a decade off.

The researchers were able to inhibit the virus from infecting 

cells when combing the virus cells with milk.

We think the antibodies bind to the surface of the virus and 

blocks the protein which needs to be freed to get in contact 

with human cells — like a key and lock system. It’s a very 

cheap and easy way to produce a lot of antibodies.

We have the antibodies at the moment — the next step will 

be formulation.

Condoms were “cheap and easy” but not an option for 

everyone with millions of people getting infected with HIV 

every year.

A lot of women, especially in Africa or South America they 

don’t have the power to say you need to use a condom before 

we have sex.

This milk looks like it can be a cheap, easy new prevention 

tool, because if you use drugs it’s really expensive.