Med Page Today By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today Published: September 08, 2011 Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Two doses of a bivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) appeared just as effective in preventing persistent infections as the recommended three doses in young women, according to a […]
Targeting HPV 16/18 shows promise in cancer risk reduction
Infectious Disease News Posted August 26, 2011 New vaccine provides ‘strong protection’ for anal cancer, and researchers discover that separate screening for HPV 16/18 may represent a more effective screening strategy. Results from two recently released studies show that researchers are seeing progress in preventing HPV-related anal cancer and in screening for HPV-related cervical cancer. […]
U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies Testing Drugs on India’s Poor
New America Media, Interview, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Aug 01, 2011 U.S. pharmaceutical companies have moved their operations overseas in the past decade, testing their drugs on poor people in such lands as Russia, China, Brazil and Romania. It is a $30 billion business, and today around 105 countries are allowing such large corporations as Merck […]
Rule Changes Proposed for Research on Humans
By Andrew Pollack The government is proposing sweeping changes in the rules covering research involving human subjects, an effort officials say would strengthen protections while reducing red tape that can impede studies. The officials said the changes were needed to deal with a vastly altered research climate, whose new features include genomics studies using patients’ […]
Semen washing procedures do not eliminate human papilloma virus sperm infection in infertile patients.
Pub Med.gov Fertil Steril. 2011 Apr 30. [Epub ahead of print] Foresta C, Pizzol D, Bertoldo A, Menegazzo M, Barzon L, Garolla A. Source Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, Clinical Pathology Section & Centre for Male Gamete Cryopreservation, University of Padova, Italy. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of three sperm washing protocols […]
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