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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/0100f22694e88c793f51b43295ec9a85.htm
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Hologic-Releases-Results-CervistaTM-HPV/story.aspx?guid=%7B8131E2BB-A74F-4790-BBA9-17BA35200803%7D
A new test created by Hologic for detecting the 14 types of HPV that cause cancer in women over age 30 has shown "100 PERCENT ACCURACY at detecting the HPV strain that poses the highest risk of cancer. Cervista showed 92 percent accuracy at detecting a second strain that is often linked to cervical cancer."
The proposed use of this test is as a general screen for HPV in combination with a pap test for women over 30.
And a competing company, AVC, has also come out with an HPV test:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Arbor-Vita-Presents-New-Data/story.aspx?guid=%7BA2481E52-E0C5-43DC-A706-9E233DE7D418%7D
(There was a conference in Europe today where a bunch of companies unveiled their latest findings, which is why I'm getting all these HPV updates today)