Thanks for the shout out Dommie…. your a Gem!

Hugs Paul

keep up the good work, hope MG was good and bad, in a good way and thanks for the mention at the end Clinton, how sweet … btw, GCC and Doug are getting married! ;+ {}{{{{{{{

Love the podcast – it’s a taste of home for me (except Dominic, he sounds just like everyone else here in Aotearoa, even after 18 years away People seem to give me odd looks as I’m walking to work listening to it – probably because of the manic grin on my face and the occasional guffaws.

You mentioned that you thought Ian Frazer (who invented the HPV vaccine jointly with Jian Zhou) should win Australian of the Year – he did in fact win Australian of the Year, in 2006 (the year after Fiona Wood, who invented ‘spray-on skin’). I’m told that the original reason for wanting to invent the vaccine was to help reduce deaths in people in areas where screening isn’t readily available or there are cultural issues associated with screening (often the case in developing countries).

Interestingly, HPV, as well as causing cervical cancer in women, can cause rectal and anal cancers. Gay men are at increased risk (especially those who are HIV+, but all gay men appear to be at some increased risk), so it may be worth considering getting vaccinated, if you can afford it and don’t have any reason to suspect you’ve already been infected.
(Yes, I’m an epidemiology geek. Sorry).

I believe the next phase of research for the team who developed the HPV preventative vaccine is a ‘theraputic vaccine’, to eliminate the virus in people who are already infected – this could be especially good news for the gay community and anyone infected with strains that the protective vaccine doesn’t prevent. More info on that (and a skin cancer vaccine) at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Frazer

Glad you enjoyed the queso! Loved the description!! Keep up the great work guys. Hugs!