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Vivienne Aitken

Scots medic dubbed 'God's gift to women' retires after saving lives of millions

The Scots professor who invented the life changing first cancer vaccine has announced his retirement.

Ian Frazer, 69, from Glasgow co-invented the HPV vaccine against cervical cancer along with Jian Zhou at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Since 2008 the vaccine has been routinely offered to girls aged 12-13 years in Scotland and three years ago the vaccine began to be offered to boys in the same age group.

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