Early on Merck ambitiously pursued an antiviral cocktail containing four vaccines: two against cancer, two against genital warts.
Merck's also targets two other strains that cause nearly all forms of genital warts.
The app screens for STDs that result in physical symptoms such as syphilis, herpes and genital warts.
Early on, Merck ambitiously pursued an antiviral cocktail containing four vaccines--two against cancer, two against genital warts.
Men also carry the human papillomavirus, the virus that can lead to male cancers and genital warts.
Unfortunately, they look ugly, and ultimately many people who have genital warts feel very negatively about themselves.
Figures from the Health Protection Agency show that 75, 000 people were diagnosed with genital warts in 2010.
It had high hopes for Vistide, a drug to treat herpes, genital warts and a retina-destroying virus in late-stage AIDS patients.
Some strains of HPV lead to cancer (two strains account for 70% of cervical cancers), and others cause genital warts.
Tests on animals suggest that the substance may offer similar protection against other venereal diseases, including herpes, gonorrhoea and genital warts.
But Gardasil, which the Department of Health has now opted for, also protects against HPV types six and 11 which cause nearly all genital warts.
Right now in the United States over 20 million people are infected with HPV, and we see over 1 million cases of genital warts per year.
From September next year it will use the Gardasil jab, which also offers protection against genital warts - one of the most common sexually transmitted infections.
Last year MediGene, a German biotech firm, got approval from the FDA for U.S. marketing of an ointment extracted from green tea leaves to treat genital warts.
Researchers have also argued that it might make sense to vaccinate boys as well, because the vaccine also prevents genital warts, and because men pass the HPV virus to women.
The potential market is huge: Some 1.4 million cases of genital warts are reported each year in the U.S., and HPV infection is present in 10% to 15% of women aged 16 to 25.
While it is true that the majority of people (men and women) infected with different strains of HPV never have symptoms, those that do suffer from genital warts may be greatly affected both physically and mentally.
My bottom line is that young people making major decisions about their lives, careers, and life partners have enough stress without adding the burden of potential poor self-image inflicted by a viral disease such as genital warts.
应用推荐