Dear Senator Grassley: The SaneVax Team read your October 22, 2010 letter to Dr. Harold E. Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), with great interest. We would like to congratulate you on your efforts to examine the ethical questions raised by NCI employees accepting extensive travel sponsored by private companies. NCI is the […]
SANE Vax to NCI/FDA: Request for reliable HPV genotyping test for medical consumers
November 2, 2010 The Honorable Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner, FDA The Honorable Harold E. Varmus, M.D., Director,NCI Subject: Request recommending a reliable human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping test to support the national virology-based cervical cancer prevention program for patient care Dear Dr. Hamburg and Dr. Varmus: A recently published letter to the editor of ‘Obstetrics and […]
Behind the Scenes: The Evolution of an HPV Industry
By Norma Erickson, President of SaneVax Inc. The first papillomavirus was discovered in the 1930’s by Dr. Richard E. Shope. It was the cottontail rabbit papillomavirus, or the Shope papillomavirus, which occurred in warts that frequently developed into cancerous tumors1. Dr. Shope was able to isolate the virus, inject it into other rabbits and produce […]
Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk: Questions and Answers
Published by the National Cancer Institute Introduction Oral contraceptives (OCs) first became available to American women in the early 1960s. The convenience, effectiveness, and reversibility of action of birth control pills (popularly known as “the pill”) have made them the most popular form of birth control in the United States. However, concerns have been raised […]
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. […]
