Plasmid Grant to Aid Cervical Cancer Screening in Ghana
Type
Blog Post
Published
Nov. 8, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
...to order plasmids she can use as positive controls in PCR-based cervical cancer screens.
This third grant...these screens can then undergo more routine screening allowing for early cervical cancer detection, treatment...that Gladys will be using plasmids in a way that can potentially have a direct impact on human health ....
Cervical cancer screening in Ghana
Gladys is currently working to enhance cervical cancer screening ...wrote in her application, “Cervical Cancer is the leading cause of cancer related morbidity and death among...developing countries” and “Almost all cervical cancers are caused by persistent infection of HR HPV types...To start her work, Gladys will improve cervical cancer screening for a limited group of Ghanaian women...