Rice University: DNA Test Could Broaden Access to Cervical Cancer Screening
June 22, 2023
June 22, 2023
HOUSTON, Texas, June 22 (TNSres) -- Rice University issued the following news release:
Rice University bioengineers have demonstrated a low-cost, point-of-care DNA test for HPV infections that could make cervical cancer screening more accessible in low- and middle-income countries where the disease kills more than 300,000 women each year.
HPV, a family of viruses, infects nearly everyone at some point in their lives, often without symptoms. But more than a dozen types o . . .
Rice University bioengineers have demonstrated a low-cost, point-of-care DNA test for HPV infections that could make cervical cancer screening more accessible in low- and middle-income countries where the disease kills more than 300,000 women each year.
HPV, a family of viruses, infects nearly everyone at some point in their lives, often without symptoms. But more than a dozen types o . . .