News tagged with cervical cells

Prostate cancer may be caused by virus, study indicates

Mounting evidence indicates that prostate cancer is an infectious disease caused by a recently identified virus.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

HPV vaccine could prevent breast cancer: research

Vaccinating women against the human papillomavirus (HPV) may prevent some forms of breast cancer and save tens of thousands of lives each year, new Australian research suggests.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women with previous abnormal cervical cells at higher risk for recurrence and invasive cancer

New research from the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research has found that women who have been treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (abnormal cervical cell growth), are at higher risk for a recurrence ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists Measure Differences Between Normal and Cancer Cell Surfaces

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists know that cancerous cells and normal cells have different physical features, but the details of these differences, and why they occur, are not well understood. In a recent edition ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0 weblog

Cancer-causing virus associated with higher risk of new HIV infection

Infection with anal human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that can cause anal and cervical cancers, is associated with a higher risk of new HIV infection in previously HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM), according ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists report breakthrough in HPV research

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have developed a new, inexpensive and efficient method for producing and studying a type of human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer. The process could speed understanding ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HPV18 DNA levels are not prognostic for precancerous cervical lesions

Perhaps surprisingly, the number of copies of the carcinogenic human papillomavirus type 18 (HPV18) relative to cellular DNA is not associated with the likelihood of progression to advanced precancerous lesions of the cervix, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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