Vaccine prevents onset of cervical cancer (Reuters)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051007/hl_nm/merck_cervical_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20051006/i/r1643669529.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=jZF9DUec2d6xSUB.HN3oxQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="The Merck and Company Pharmaceutical and Services building in Duluth, Georgia is shown. An experimental Merck & Co.vaccine completely prevented early-stage cervical cancer and precancerous cervical lesions caused by the two most common forms of a virus linked to such cancers, Merck said on Thursday. REUTERS/Tami Chappell" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A vaccine that targets a human wart
virus completely prevented early-stage cervical cancer and
precancerous lesions in women caused by the two most common
forms of the virus, Merck & Co. Inc. said on Thursday.</p><br clear=all>