Sentences with phrase «prevent human papilloma»

The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced yesterday that it was presenting its prestigious 2017 Lasker - DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award to a pair of National Cancer Institute researchers, Douglas Lowy and John Schiller, who created a vaccine to prevent human papilloma virus, or HPV, from taking hold in the body.

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Five years ago the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention controversially recommended that girls be vaccinated to prevent infection with human papilloma virus (HPV).

LINDAU, Germany — A vaccine to prevent infections of cancer - causing human papilloma virus (HPV) is currently approved for use in the U.S. in boys and girls and in the U.K.