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First Cancer Vaccine Produced

Posted by michael on from the cure-for-what-ails-you dept.

notestein writes "Scientists have produced a vaccine that is 100% effective against the virus that causes practically all forms of cervical cancer. In the US Pap smear tests have reduced the 13,000 new cases of cervical cancer each year to only 4,100 deaths. Still, worldwide, 258,000 women died from cervical cancer last year. The same article also mentions that a vaccine that is 75% effective in protecting women against herpes has been tested."

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  1. Cancer vaccine? Finally! by falzer · · Score: 3, Funny

    First cancer vaccine? No longer can anyone say "you slashdotters are screwing with $NEW_TECH when you should be developing a vaccine for cancer!" Time to get back to screwing around, because someone else did the job.