Medications
HIV drug could prevent cervical cancer
A widely used HIV drug could be used to prevent cervical cancer caused by infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV), say scientists.
May 3, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
New treatment could be advance against cervical precancers
Women who undergo regular Pap smears are no doubt familiar with the possibility of "precancerous" cells being detected.
Apr 12, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Q&A: What's the connection between HPV and cervical cancer?
Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, yet more than 14,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with the disease this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Cervical cancer is often stigmatized due ...
Dec 28, 2022
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Updated recommendations for vaccination in children with AIIRD
People with autoimmune or auto-inflammatory rheumatic diseases have an increased risk of infections. This can be due to the underlying disease itself, or may be caused by treatment with immunomodulating or immunosuppressive ...
Oct 28, 2022
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Genetics
COVID is a 'smart virus' that can affect DNA—but that doesn't mean you can pass it on to your kids
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID) has changed the world as we know it. Although new vaccines and antiviral treatments have brought hope, the pesky virus has continued to mutate and evade us.
Oct 26, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Indigenous Australians at higher risk of HPV throat cancers
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have found that throat cancers caused by human papilloma virus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted disease, are 15 times more prevalent in Indigenous Australians than young non-Indigenous ...
Jun 1, 2022
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Vaccination
Survey: More than 25% of Virginians unaware of lifesaving HPV vaccine
A study has identified the Virginians least likely to know that there is a potentially lifesaving vaccine available for human papillomavirus, which is responsible for up to 10% of all cancers.
Apr 13, 2022
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Medications
New biosensor method eliminates need for biosafety lab containment in screening drugs against coronavirus
Nineteen months into the pandemic, the need for antiviral drugs targeted against COVID-19 is clear, given the global persistence of the virus, its ability to rapidly mutate into new variants and the possibility that it could ...
Oct 22, 2021
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Immunology
Missing immune molecule may explain why some HPV patients sprout giant horn-like growths
Most people get infected with human papilloma virus at some point in their lives but, thanks to a robust immune response, are none the wiser. Unless giant horn-like growths sprout from their skin. An exceedingly rare feature ...
Sep 14, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Topical molecular imaging tracer enables real-time detection of cervical cancer
With the help of a topical fluorescent imaging agent, cervical cancer can be identified by physicians with a hand-held microscope, according to research published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Targeting ...
Jul 27, 2021
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