Six individuals have received this year's Lasker Awards in the areas of basic research, clinical research, and public service ...

GLP-1 based drugs are transforming the treatment of obesity and opening up new avenues for addressing heart disease, ...

James Chen, a professor of microbiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has won a Lasker Award for his discovery of an ...

Hilleman of Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories shared the $15,000 Lasker public service award for research that has culminated in the development of an effective vaccine against hepatitis B ...

The HPV vaccine protects against the human papillomavirus virus (HPV), which is a common sexually transmitted ...

There are many cancer-causing types of HPV; types 16 and 18 cause 70 percent of cases of cervical cancer, while types 6 and 11 cause 90 percent of cases of genital warts. The Gardasil® vaccine—called ...

Not only should your daughter get the HPV vaccine, but your son should as well. The HPV vaccine protects against human papillomavirus, which in women causes cervical cancer. It can also cause ...

The CDC recommends kids from ages 11 to 12 receive two doses of the HPV vaccine. The percentage of teenagers who were up to date on their human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines has fallen ...

Gardasil is a vaccine, licensed for use in June 2006, by the FDA. It targets four strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) -- HPV-6, 11, 16, and 18. HPV-16 and HPV-18 account for about 70% of all ...

HPV not only causes cervical cancer but can also cause mouth, throat, head and neck cancers. Mayo Clinic says that the ...

New research has found the HPV vaccine can reduce cases of cervical cancer by nearly 90%. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women around the world, killing more than 300,000 each ...

The prizes recognized the discoverers of B and T lymphocytes, pioneers in genetic engineering to fight breast cancer, and a nonprofit that helps get vaccines ... year’s Lasker Award, has ...