article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, the MMR vaccine may be a new way to tackle problem warts.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers have found that injecting the MMR vaccine into warts that have resisted other treatments leads to six out of ten disappearing.
article_snippet.sent: Warts are caused by infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV).
article_snippet.sent: Although they can clear up without treatment within one to two years, about a third or more do not resolve and may multiply and enlarge, making treatment more difficult.
article_snippet.sent: In 63 per cent of cases, the warts disappeared, while 6 per cent showed no response.
article_snippet.sent: the warts recurred in only two patients, according to the researchers from Zagazig University, Egypt, whose findings are published in the International Journal of Dermatology.
article_snippet.sent: The theory is that the vaccine stimulates the immune system, which then spots and attacks the HPV virus and the warts