Cervical cancer and HPV: What's the connection?
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the connection between HPV and cervical cancer.
Jan 3, 2024
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January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the connection between HPV and cervical cancer.
Jan 3, 2024
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mRNA, a type of genetic material that provides the instructions your cells need in order to make proteins, used to be a term mainly used by scientists. But since COVID arrived, many of us are now familiar with it thanks to ...
Dec 19, 2023
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In a recent trial, a new melanoma vaccine, mRNA-4157 (V940), when taken in combination with Keytruda (pembrolizumab), was found to be effective in battling the deadly skin cancer.
Dec 18, 2023
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Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told AFP his company's experimental vaccine against melanoma could be available in as little as two years, in what would amount to a landmark step against the most serious form of skin cancer.
Dec 14, 2023
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The NHS has pledged to eliminate cervical cancer in England by 2040. This will be achieved by amping up current vaccination and screening programs.
Nov 20, 2023
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The best way to prevent cervical cancer in women is to give HPV vaccines to both boys and girls, a new study argues.
Nov 11, 2023
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The vaccine against human papillomaviruses (HPVs) works, successfully preventing infections that cause genital warts, cervical cancer, and some other cancers related to the anus, genitals, head, and neck. But what happens ...
Nov 8, 2023
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While the overall incidence and death rates from cervical cancer have dropped in the U.S., the opposite has been occurring in Appalachian Kentucky—a steady increase. The death rate from cervical cancer in Appalachian Kentucky ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Vaccines work by giving our immune system a 'heads up' about a known threat. They are traditionally given before we encounter a pathogen (such as the influenza virus), allowing our bodies to mount a better immune response ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Premalignant and malignant lesions of the cervix and other sites related to the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection pose a significant health burden worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although prophylactic HPV ...
Oct 18, 2023
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