Word: hpv
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...genes in the virus, E6 and E7, attach to proteins that regulate cell division and deactivate them. HPV causes the cells to grow wildly and also destroys the mechanisms that would normally fix the problem...
...recent study has shown that testing for HPV directly is more effective in predicting cancer than a Pap smear alone, but tests are not yet widely available...
What makes HPV particularly frightening is that there is no way to prevent it other than abstinence. Condoms to prevent transmission through bodily fluids, once thought to be enough, no longer are. The virus can live in outer skin cells and even in dead cells for a short time, then be transmitted to a partner...
Recent legislation from the House Commerce Committee has called for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to label packages with a warning that condoms may not prevent the transmission of HPV...
Additionally, though men do not face the same threats from HPV, they are capable of carrying and transmitting the disease without knowing...