From the Magazine
How URochester scientists pioneered the HPV vaccine
The announcement in fall 2005 of a vaccine against cervical cancer came as a stunning breakthrough in medical science, but it was only the latest chapter in a pioneering, Rochester-born…
In a small Rochester lab, three University of Rochester scientists spent decades developing the key technology behind the first HPV vaccine—work that helped pave the way for Gardasil and Cervarix and has the potential to eliminate cervical cancer worldwide.