title: God's gift to women: the human papillomavirus vaccine.
abstract: An Australian newspaper recently bestowed Ian Frazer the title of "God's gift to women" for his research team's part in developing a vaccine to help control cervical cancer. Here Frazer discusses this work and the science behind the vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research, The University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Q'land 4102, Australia. ifrazer@cicr.uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Frazer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; D012307:Risk Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines; D014765:Viral Vaccines