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Originally Posted by freak  Male circumcision 'cuts' HIV risk
Infected cell
Foreskin cells are thought to be more vulnerable to HIV infection
Circumcision can cut the rate of HIV infection in heterosexual men by 50%, results from two African trials show.
The findings are so striking, the US National Institutes of Health decided it would be unethical to continue and stopped the trials early.
It supports a previous South African study which reported similar results.
Experts said it was a significant breakthrough but could not replace standard methods of preventing infection such as condoms.
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True,
but just a clarification that what reduces HIV risk is that without circumcision, the environment becomes more humid, and this is what increases the Virus to survive, not the nature of the skin..
This is the main advantage in addition to the hygiene reason I guess..