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With the approval of Merck's vaccine against cervical cancer Thursday, parents will soon be having some important and touchy conversations with their young daughters - about...
...That's because an overwhelming 70% of cervical cancer cases around the world are caused by strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which are transmitted via intercourse. Gardasil, the second cancer-fighting vaccine approved by the agency, is designed to prevent infections of four of the most common strains of HPV. (It will also fight off HPV infections that cause genital warts...
...Because HPV is transmitted sexually, some pro-abstinence conservative groups had opposed Gardasil's approval early on, fearful that giving the shots to young girls would promote promiscuity. But cancer doctors have argued that the benefit of preventing cases of the second-leading cause of cancer in women in the U.S. far outweighed this concern...
...just women in the U.S. and the developed world who will benefit. With HPV infections a major cause of cervical cancer deaths in the developing world, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has provided almost $28 million to create programs that will eventually provide the vaccine to women in India, Uganda, Peru and Vietnam...
...research of telomeres, part of the DNA in chromosomes which keep genetic information consistent, Blackburn has been recognized numerous times for her work. Her honors include the National Academy of Science’s Molecular Biology Award (1990), the California Scientist of the Year award (1999), the American Cancer Society Medal of Honor (2000), and the Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine...