topaz: (froggy)
Tim Pierce ([personal profile] topaz) wrote2005-10-06 10:39 am

vaccine blocks cervical cancer?

A preliminary study has found that a new vaccine is 100% effective at blocking cervical cancer.

edit: I neglected to credit the always-alert [livejournal.com profile] opadit for pointing me at this.

[identity profile] redheadedmuse.livejournal.com 2005-10-07 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
in the same place that I heard that preliminary news, I also recall hearing that early trials of a herpes vaccine were getting rock star results, but only in women.

[identity profile] keyne.livejournal.com 2005-10-07 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Only in women who were negative for both HSV1 and HSV2. And, of course, you can't get into a study on it (I tried; was dinged for being too old), and there's no indication of when an HSV vaccine might be available to the general public. :(