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  2. Human papillomavirus infection - Wikipedia

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    HPV is a group of more than 200 related viruses, which are designated by a number for each virus type. [10] Some HPV types, such as HPV5, may establish infections that persist for the lifetime of the individual without ever manifesting any clinical symptoms. HPV types 1 and 2 can cause common warts in some infected individuals. [18]

  3. HeLa - Wikipedia

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    HeLa cells have also been instrumental in the development of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines. In the 1980s, Harald zur Hausen found that Lacks's cells from the original biopsy contained HPV-18, which was later found to be the cause of the aggressive cancer that had killed her. His work in linking HPV with cervical cancer won him a Nobel ...

  4. Diseases from Space - Wikipedia

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    Diseases from Space is a book published in 1979 that was authored by astronomers Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe, where they propose that many of the most common diseases which afflict humanity, such as influenza, the common cold and whooping cough, have their origins in extraterrestrial sources.

  5. Papillomaviridae - Wikipedia

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    Papillomaviridae is a family of non-enveloped DNA viruses whose members are known as papillomaviruses. [1] Several hundred species of papillomaviruses, traditionally referred to as "types", [2] have been identified infecting all carefully inspected mammals, [2] but also other vertebrates such as birds, snakes, turtles and fish.

  6. HPV is the most common STI in the U.S. Why aren't men ... - AOL

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    Nearly 1 in 3 men have at least one type of HPV. But the burden of screening for this widespread STI is on women. Experts explain why.

  7. Interplanetary contamination - Wikipedia

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    NASA Marshall Space Flight Center is leading a research effort to develop a Miniaturized Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope (MVP-SEM) for future lunar and Martian missions. [ 76 ] Several teams, including Jonathan Rothberg, and J. Craig Venter, are separately developing solutions for sequencing alien DNA directly on the Martian ...

  8. HPV vaccine - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. Class of vaccines against human papillomavirus Pharmaceutical compound HPV vaccine Vaccine description Target Human papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine type Protein subunit Clinical data Trade names Gardasil, others AHFS / Drugs.com Monograph MedlinePlus a615028 License data US DailyMed: Human ...

  9. Panspermia - Wikipedia

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    that organic molecules originated in space (perhaps to be distributed to Earth) [14] that life originated from these molecules, extraterrestrially [8] that this extraterrestrial life was transported to Earth. [19] The creation and distribution of organic molecules from space is now uncontroversial; it is known as pseudo-panspermia. The jump ...