Posts by: Daniela Semedo, PhD

Daniela Semedo, PhD

Daniela holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, a MSc in Health Psychology and a BSc in Clinical Psychology. Her work has been focused on vulnerability to psychopathology and early identification and intervention in psychosis.

July 22, 2015July 22, 2015

Gardasil 9 HPV Vaccine Safe And Effective In Younger Girls And Boys

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Results from a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics show that the Gardasil 9 HPV vaccine can be used safely and effectively in girls and boys aged between 9 and ... Read more

July 16, 2015July 16, 2015

Study finds Danish and Norwegian Immigrant Women Postpone Cervical Screening in Sweden

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In a recent study published in the journal PLOS One, a team of researchers was able to determine various factors that could explain why Danish and Norwegian immigrant women postpone ... Read more

July 8, 2015July 8, 2015

Approval of HPV Vaccines Lowers Incidence of High-Grade Cervical Adenocarcinoma in situ Lesions

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According to recent study published in the journal CANCER, the rate of high-grade cervical lesions declined in young american women since the approval of HPV vaccines. However, there is a possibility ... Read more

June 11, 2015June 11, 2015

Single Dose of Bivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine May Prevent Majority of Cervical Cancers

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Results from a recent study published in The Lancet Oncology combined data from two large phase 3 trials and revealed that a single dose of the bivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Cervarix, GlaxoSmithKline) ... Read more

June 7, 2015

FDA Clears ADXS-HPV For Phase 2 Trial In HPV-Associated Early Stage Cervical Cancer

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Advaxis, Inc. recently announced that the FDA authorized a Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its Phase 2 study evaluating the efficacy of ADXS-HPV (ADXS11-001) alone or in combination with Incyte Corporation’s investigational ... Read more

June 2, 2015

Survey Shows College Students Lack Awareness of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination

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During the American Society for Microbiology annual meeting, researchers from Oakland University presented the results of a survey conducted in 192 undergraduate female students from Auburn Hills, Michigan, which showed ... Read more

May 14, 2015May 15, 2015

Novel Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Might Prevent 80% of Cervical Cancers

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Findings from a study recently published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute show that the human papillomavirus vaccine 9-Valent might prevent up to 80% of cervical cancers in the U.S., ... Read more

May 12, 2015May 12, 2015

Brachytherapy Combination Should be Gold-Standard for Cervical Cancer Treatment, According To Report

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Results from a recent pioneering international research examining the late adverse events of two forms of combined brachytherapy targeting cervical cancer revealed that the strategy is successful in delivering high doses ... Read more

May 11, 2015May 11, 2015

Texas Biomed Researcher Awarded NIH Grant to Study Papillomavirus-Based AIDS Vaccine to Fight HIV and HPV-Induced Cancer

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A research team at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute is working on a four year study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health to develop an attenuated hybrid form of human papilloma and ... Read more