Adapted from the NCI Cancer Bulletin, vol. 4/no. 10, March 6, 2007 (see the current issue 3). Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) published in the February 28, 2007, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) have provided the first national estimate of the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection among […]
Rogue virus in the vaccine
By William Carlsen, Chronicle Staff Writer Early polio vaccine harbored virus now feared to cause cancer in humans. A growing number of medical researchers fear that a monkey virus that contaminated polio vaccine given to tens of millions of Americans in the 1950s and ’60s may be causing rare human cancers. For four decades, government […]
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines
Published by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) What are human papillomaviruses? Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are a group of more than 100 related viruses. They are called papillomaviruses because certain types may cause warts, or papillomas, which are benign (noncancerous) tumors. The HPVs that cause the common warts that grow on hands and feet are different from […]
Private-Public Partnerships in Cancer Vaccine Research
By Aleea Farrakh, originally published in “Benchmarks” June 2008 Even though the National Cancer Institute is the leading Federal government agency for cancer research, it is hardly the sole contributor in the fight against cancer. Other government agencies, non-profit organizations, academia and private industry all play critical roles in helping find a cure for the disease. […]
SaneVax urges FDA and NCI to establish a reliable HPV genotyping test for virology-based cervical cancer prevention in patient care
By: Norma Erickson 06 November 2010 Last Tuesday, the SaneVax team sent a letter to Dr. Margaret Hamburg, FDA Commissioner, and Dr. Harold E. Varmus, Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), requesting the establishment of a reliable human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping test to support the national virology-based cervical cancer prevention program for patient care. […]
