Authors: Diane M. Harper/Karen B. Williams Published 3 July 2010, Discovery Medicine Abstract: Approaches for cervical cancer prevention are changing. Screening still remains the most effective method for cervical cancer prevention. Guidelines are moving to an older group of women to be screened less frequently with combinations of technologies that include biomarkers and cytology. HPV […]
Risk of miscarriage with bivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18
Sholom Wacholder, study statistician and principal investigator1, Bingshu Eric Chen, assistant professor2, Allen Wilcox, senior investigator3, George Macones, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology4, Paula Gonzalez, study co-investigator5, Brian Befano, senior programmer6, Allan Hildesheim, study investigator, principal investigator1, Ana Cecilia Rodríguez, study co-investigator5, Diane Solomon, study co-investigator7, Rolando Herrero, study principal investigator5, Mark Schiffman, study co-investigator, […]
Synoptic Overview: Issues in Immunization Theory and Practice
Prepared by: Raymond Obamsowin November 2009 IMMUNIZATION THEORY ISSUES: Theory: Vaccination is the injection of antigenic material, such as pathogen derived foreigh proteins and toxic adjuvants into the body, to initiate a “learned” immune system response in order to prevent particular diseases. Memory T cells (cell-mediated immunity) and Memory B cells (humoral-mediated immunity) learn to […]
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