papillomaviruses

According to the Committee, his discovery "went against current dogma," when in the 70s and 80s he strove to prove that the papillomaviruses were the cause of cervical cancers.

Scientific Blogging spinner 2008

Here we continued intensively our studies on human papillomaviruses.

Harald zur Hausen - Autobiography 2009

This was our first hint that there exist different types of papillomaviruses.

Harald zur Hausen - Autobiography 2009

The early hypothesis that cervical cancer was caused by papillomaviruses, the successful isolation and characterisation of the two most frequent HPV types in this cancer and the subsequent steps leading to a better understanding of the mechanism of HPV-mediated carcinogenesis and eventually to the development of a preventive vaccine were cited as the prime reasons for awarding one half of the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology to me in 2008.

Harald zur Hausen - Autobiography 2009

Some types of papillomaviruses cause warts on the skin, some types cause warts in the anal and genital areas, and some types cause cervical cancer.

HPV Vaccine 2008

There are many different types of papillomaviruses (about 100).

HPV Vaccine 2008

More than 50 studies have implicated human papillomaviruses as the cause of over 22% of non-small cell lung cancers.

Taking A Lost Case to the Supreme Court-- Three Times? 2009

But over the past 15 years, studies have revealed that human papillomaviruses, America's most common sexually transmitted pathogens, are present in some 93 percent of cervical tumors.

The Real Hot Zone 2008

Human papillomaviruses are among the most common sexually transmitted infections (as many as one in five sexually-active Americans are estimated to be infected at any time).

Pop Smear 2007

WASHINGTON AFP - US scientists said Sunday there is strong evidence linking oral sex to cancer, and urged more study of how human papillomaviruses may be to blame for a rise in oral cancer among white men.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011