Plasmid Grant to Aid Cervical Cancer Screening in Ghana
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Blog Post
...Cervical cancer screening in Ghana
Gladys is currently working to enhance cervical cancer screening in Ghana....cervical cancer screening for a limited group of Ghanaian women by including PCR screening for HR HPV alongside...tests are commonly used in Ghana, there is little screening for DNA markers like the presence of high risk...tests currently in use. Gladys will use plasmids containing a variety of HPV genes as positive controls in...by these screens can then undergo more routine screening allowing for early cervical cancer detection, ...her in the future.
Future awardees
We will be opening the Addgene/Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant to a third... cancer screening...