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Roughly one in eight cancers worldwide can be traced back to infections, according to reporting highlighted by Gizmodo. Contrary to common assumption, HPV is not the single largest culprit, with other pathogens playing a bigger role in infection-driven cancer cases. The finding underscores how many cancers could be prevented through vaccination, screening and treatment of common infections.

Yale School of Medicine researchers are cultivating human papillomavirus in the lab, a step aimed at improving vaccine development against HPV, a virus linked to cervical and other cancers. Growing the virus under controlled conditions could help scientists better study it and design more effective vaccines and treatments.