An associate professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $3.3 million federal grant to research the human papillomavirus, HPV.
Mayumi Nakagawa, M.D., Ph.D., will use the funds from the National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant Program to study a therapeutic vaccine for those who have the virus.
William Greenfield, M.D., and an associate professor at the UAMS Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, will help recruit subjects for a clinical trial.
HPV is passed through sexual contact and affects 50 percent to 80 percent of sexually active people.
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