Science Fiction Becomes Reality As Deadly Bacteria Battles Cancer
In the United States alone, approximately three-and-a-half million women have abnormal Pap smear tests each year. More than a third of these women develop cervical dysplasia, also known as Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN), a condition caused by the sexually transmitted Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Stages I & II are considered a precancerous abnormality, but not an actual cancer; stage III is a pre-invasive form of cervical cancer.
