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HPV vaccines do not encourage risky sexual behavior

24 January 2018 by Vincent Racaniello

The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines save lives by preventing lethal cervical and anogenital cancers. If Henrietta Lacks had received an HPV vaccine, she would not have succumbed to cervical cancer. Yet not enough young men and women receive the vaccine. An obstacle to more widespread adoption of the HPV vaccine is that some parents and clinicians feel that it encourages risky sexual behavior. The results of a recent study indicate that such fears are unfounded.

TWiV 126: Wart’s up, doc?

27 March 2011 by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts:Â Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier,Â Alan Dove,Â Rich Condit, and Michelle Ozbun

On episode #126 of the podcast This Week in Virology, virologist Michelle Ozbun and the TWiV team review the biology of human papillomaviruses.

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Links for this episode:

Human papillomavirus page at CDC
Human papillomavirus vaccines page at CDC
A better test for HPV (pdf)
Human papillomaviruses and malignancy (review)
Should smallpox stocks be destroyed? (poll at virology blog)
TWiV on Facebook
Letters read on TWiV 126

Weekly Science Picks

Michelle – HIV-1 utilizes chemokine receptor CXCR4 to enter stem cells (PubMed)
Dickson – Bengladesh bans sale of palm sap (NY Times)
Rich – The Medusa and the Snail by Lewis Thomas (“On Warts” – pdf)
Alan – Planting Science – students, teachers, and scientists collaborate on botany experiments
Vincent – CIDRAP – Center for Disease Research and Policy

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TWiV 53: The ends justify the means

12 October 2009 by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, and Alan Dove

In episode #53 of the podcast “This Week in Virology”, Vincent, Dick, and Alan talk about Nobel prizes for telomere research, bacteriophages that protect aphids from wasps, salicylates and pandemic influenza mortality, and hand washing.

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Links for this episode:

Nobel Prizes for telomere research
Bacteriophages encode toxins that protect aphids from wasps
14 year old dies after receiving HPV vaccine
Salicylates and pandemic influenza mortality
Canadian microbiologist says hand washing is not proven to prevent influenza
Surgical mask vs N95 respirator for preventing influenza
Americans unsure about receiving pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine
DnaTube (thanks Jim!)
Laboratory Director certification (pdf – thanks Megan!)
Plant production of pharmaceuticals (pdf one and pdf two – thanks Ed!)

Weekly Science Picks
Alan scienceline
Dick Younger by Judith Sulzberger MD
Vincent FluView

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