Once primary cultures were established, the cells were immortalized with human papilloma virus E6 and E7 oncogenes using the disabled recombinant retroviral vector pLXSN16E6 / E7 (26). (journals.lww.com)
The vaccination protects against infection from the two types of Human Papilloma Virus that cause seven in 10 cases of cervical cancer, as well as two other types of the virus linked with genital warts. (sciencedaily.com)
The study of 11,000 women found testing for human papilloma virus (HPV) detected 97 % of all pre-cancerous cases. (newscientist.com)