The injection - part of a national immunisation programme - protects against the human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease linked to most cervical cancers.

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The second is a vaccine for human papilloma virus, which causes cervical cancer.

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During that time, Clark may only get to launch one drug with really big potential: Gardasil, a vaccine for the human papilloma virus, or HPV, which causes cervical cancer.

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The biggest blockbuster left in its pipeline is a chancy vaccine for the human papilloma virus, which causes cervical cancer.

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Instead, his cancer was caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV), which is sexually transmitted and a common cause of throat and mouth cancer.

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But Gillison, 44, a professor at Ohio State University, was among the first researchers to make a startling realization: The old cigarettes-and-alcohol form of the disease was being eclipsed by a new form, caused by the same human papilloma virus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer.

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Shan Wang of Stanford has used a GMR chip smaller than a postage stamp to detect carcinoma-embryonic antigen (a sign of colon and rectal cancer) and human papilloma virus, the main cause of cervical cancer.

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Perhaps the most promising is Gardasil, a vaccine that would prevent cervical cancer by immunizing women against the human papilloma virus.

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