Thursday, November 20, 2008

"One Less"

Gardasil for men and young boy's would be a giant leep in haulting the growing number of women every year that die from cervical cancer. Gardasil can also protect against genital warts and other diseases in men caused by HPV However, the primary purpose of vaccinating boys with Gardasil will be to prevent them from sexually transmitting HPV into women, thereby causing cervical cancer.
Current Methods of detecting HPV:
Molecular detection of HPV DNA or RNA is currently the gold standard for identification of HPV
non-amplified hybridization assays
Signal amplified hybridization assays such as hybrid capture assays
Target amplification assays, such as PCR and in situ PCR. Southern blot hybridization (STH) and in situ hybridization (ISH) can be been used, but have serious shortcomings

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