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Gardasil HPV Vaccination Series
By: Alexis Darby, Grace Kim
| Published: Jul 30, 2021
In 2006, United States pharmaceutical company Merck released the Gardasil vaccination series, which protected recipients against four strains of…
TechnologyHPV VaccinePapillomavirus InfectionsCervical CancerGenital Warts
Harald zur Hausen's Experiments on Human Papillomavirus Causing Cervical Cancer (1976–1987)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: Mar 09, 2017
From 1977 to 1987, Harald zur Hausen led a team of researchers across several institutions in Germany to investigate whether the human papillomavirus…
PapillomavirusesHuman Papilloma VirusHerpes simplex virusCervix uteri--CancerCervical Cancer
Frazer v. Schlegel (2007)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Aug 04, 2021
On 20 August 2007, in Frazer v. Schlegel, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided that researchers Ian Frazer and Jian…
LawFrazer, I. H. (Ian H.)Zhou, JianGlaxoSmithKlineZur Hausen, Harald
Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Apr 16, 2022
TechnologyCervical CancerCancerCervixUterine Cervical Neoplasms
Cervarix HPV Vaccination Series
By: Grace Kim, Alexis Darby
| Published: Aug 20, 2020
In 2011, United Kingdom pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline released Cervarix, a vaccination series protecting girls and women from two strains of…
TechnologyCervical CancerCancer VaccineCancer of the CervixVaccines
HeLa Cell Line
By: Rohini Nott
| Published: Sep 18, 2020
The HeLa cell line was the first immortal human cell line that George Otto Gey, Margaret Gey, and Mary Kucibek first isolated from Henrietta Lacks…
HeLa CellsContinuous cell linesResearch EthicsInformed consent (Medical law)Cervix uteri--Cancer
“Improved Treatment for Cervical Cancer – Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy” (1999), by Gillian Thomas
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Sep 09, 2020
On 15 April 1999, physician Gillian Thomas published the editorial “Improved Treatment for Cervical Cancer – Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy…
LiteratureCervix uteri--CancerCervical CancerPelvisPapillomaviruses
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Strains 16 and 18
By: Grace Kim
| Published: May 04, 2017
The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) strains 16 and 18 are the two most common HPV strains that lead to cases of genital cancer. HPV is the most commonly…
PapillomavirusesHuman Papilloma VirusHuman papillomavirus 16Human papillomavirus 18Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Amanda Sims Memorial Fund (1930–1935)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Sep 08, 2020
In 1930, physician Joseph Colt Bloodgood founded the Amanda Sims Memorial Fund, or the ASMF, a United States cancer awareness organization that…
OrganizationCervix uteri--CancerCervical CancerWomen's health servicesWomen's health services--United States
Austin Bradford Hill (1897-1991)
By: Carolina Abboud
| Published: Jun 15, 2017
During the twentieth century, Austin Bradford Hill researched diseases and their causes in England and developed the Bradford Hill criteria, which…
EpidemiologyCervical CancerDiseasesCarcinoma, Squamous Cellenvironment