What is the human papillomavirus vaccine or "gardasil"?

What is the human papillomavirus vaccine or "gardasil"?

Michael Tahery (Obstetrician & Gynecologist) gives expert video advice on: How will my doctor diagnose the human papillomavirus?; How will my doctor treat genital warts?; Can I prevent the human papillomavirus from turning into cervical cancer? and more...

Gardasil or the HPV vaccine that's out there in the market now, there are others that are being produced as we speak and soon will be introduced into the market, but they all work the same way where they get a portion of this viral particle, it's a dead particle, it's not a whole virus so if you get this vaccine, you will not contract the infection. So it's a dead portion of this particle. They inject it into your body and what it does is that your body's immune response will make antibodies to attack these foreign particles so when the real infection comes along your body recognizes those particles, those parts of the virus that's been immune to now, it's been immunized to to attack the virus and prevent infection. It's been found to prevent 70% of the virus particles that cause cervical cancer and 100% of those that cause genital warts.