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A recent study led by Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, PhD, associate professor of Basic Medical Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, Paweł Łaniewski, PhD, U of A Cancer Center researcher and a research scientist with the College of Medicine – Phoenix, and colleagues from Northern Arizona University found a disproportionate number of Native American women endure vaginal dysbiosis, a disruption in the balance of bacteria that increases the risk of human papillomavirus infection, which can cause cervical cancer.
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