Sunday, October 13, 2019

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January National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month: How To Prevent This Deadly Disease In Women?
By Angela Laguipo | Jan 16, 2017 07:24 PM EST
Since it's National Cervical Cancer Awareness this month, women are advised on how to prevent this type of deadly cancer.
New HPV Test May Replace Pap Smear To Detect Cervical Cancer
By Angela Laguipo | Jan 13, 2017 09:10 AM EST
A new DNA test may help detect cervical cancer and may replace pap smear testing.
Mentally Ill Women are Less Likely to get Cancer Screenings
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 22, 2014 09:18 AM EST
Women diagnosed with severe mental illness are less likely to get cancer screenings, a new study reported.
HPV Test better at Detecting Cervical Cancer than the Pap Smear
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 21, 2014 03:54 PM EDT
A new study reported that the HPV test was better at assessing women's risk of cervical cancer.
FDA Approves DNA Test for Cervical Cancer Screening
By Cheri Cheng | Apr 25, 2014 09:58 AM EDT
The FDA has approved the DNA test as a first line alternative to the Pap smear for cervical cancer screening.
FDA Panel Reports HPV Test could Replace the Pap Smear
By Cheri Cheng | Mar 13, 2014 01:55 PM EDT
The FDA panel of experts has recommended the HPV test as the first step in screening patients for cervical cancer.
Widening the Horizon of a Pap Test
By Staff Reporter | Jan 14, 2013 01:37 AM EST
Who thought a routine Pap smear can do anything apart from detecting a cervical cancer? However, the U.S researchers have found a possibility to diagnose ovarian and endometrial cancer, all using the Pap smear! The Papanicolaou test or commonly known as the Pap test has successfully been used on a regular basis to spot cervical cancer in women. In this method, cells from the cervix are tested for the possibility of them being cancerous.

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Threshold-Dependent Gene Drives In Wild Populations

The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. By altering the heritability of certain traits, gene drive technologies have the potential to spread desired genes through wild populations. In practice, this could lead to mosquito populations that, for example, bear traits making them resistant to the spread of malaria. Despite the huge potential for improving human well-being, concern exists that gene drives could fail in the wild or, perhaps more concerning, spread beyond their intended target populations.