Spotlight AP Some cancers are preventable with a vaccine – a virologist explains Ronald C. Desrosiers, Professor of Pathology, Vice-chair for Research, University of Miami Feb 6, 2022 Feb 6, 2022 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Some strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV) have been associated with cancers, especially cervical cancer. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images kAm~?6\7:7E9] }62C=J k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^5@:]@C8^`_]``ag^r|#]__`ac\`bQma_T @7 42?46CD H@C=5H:56k^2m 2C6 42FD65 3J 2 G:CFD]k^AmkAm%96D6 G:CFD6D 5@?’E 42FD6 42?46C F?E:= =@?8 27E6C E96J :?:E:2==J :?764E 2 A6CD@?] #2E96C[ E96 G:CFD6D E6249 E96 46==D E96J E2<6 @G6C 9@H E@ 6D42A6 E96 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]?43:]?=>]?:9]8@G^A>4^2CE:4=6D^!|ra``fh_b^Qm?2EFC2= 3:@=@8:42= AC@46DD @7 46== 562E9k^2m] %9:D DEC2E68J D6ED E96D6 2=E6C65 46==D @? 2 A2E9 7@C @E96C 86?6E:4 492?86D E92E k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^5@:]@C8^`_]`_`e^__`c\cgafWh_Xh__af\gQm42? 42FD6 7F==\3=@H? 42?46Ck^2m J62CD 5@H? 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