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New Class of Drug Targets Skin Cancer
A new class of drug
targeting skin cancer's
genetic material has been
successfully tested in
humans for the first time,
opening the way to new
treatments for a range of
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Transcription Factors Regulating Blood Oxygen Linked to Melanoma Metastases
Researchers have discovered
that transcription factors
regulating the levels of
oxygen in the blood also
play a role in the spread of
... > full story
Shutting Down DNA Construction: How Senescence Halts Growth of Potential Cancers
How does oncogene-induced
senescence work? Imagine the
cell as a construction site
where work continues as long
as bricks (nucleotides) are ... > full story
'NanoVelcro' Device to Grab Single Cancer Cells from Blood: Improvement Enables 'Liquid Biopsies' for Metastatic Melanoma
Researchers have refined a
method they previously
developed for capturing and
analyzing cancer cells that
break away from patients'
... > full story
- New Class of Drug Targets Skin Cancer
- Transcription Factors Regulating Blood Oxygen Linked to Melanoma Metastases
- Shutting Down DNA Construction: How Senescence Halts Growth of Potential Cancers
- 'NanoVelcro' Device to Grab Single Cancer Cells from Blood: Improvement Enables 'Liquid Biopsies' for Metastatic Melanoma
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Skin Cancer May Be Linked to Lower Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
May 15, 2013 — People who have skin cancer may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to new research. The link does not apply to melanoma, a less common but more aggressive type of skin ... > full story -
Novel Mechanism by Which UVA Contributes to Photoaging of Skin
April 25, 2013 — A study provides new evidence that longwave ultraviolet light induces a protein that could result in premature skin aging. The findings demonstrate that aspects of photoaging, the process of skin ... > full story -
Reviving a Foe of Cancer
April 25, 2013 — Cancer cells are a problem for the body because they multiply recklessly, refuse to die and blithely metastasize to set up shop in places where they don’t belong. One protein that keeps healthy ... > full story -
Researchers Observe an Increased Risk of Cancer in People With History of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
April 23, 2013 — Researchers found that people with a history of non-melanoma skin cancer had a modestly increased risk of getting cancer in the future, specifically breast and lung cancer in women and melanoma in ... > full story -
Virus Kills Melanoma in Animal Model, Spares Normal Cells
April 23, 2013 — Researchers have demonstrated that vesicular stomatitis virus is highly competent at finding, infecting, and killing human melanoma cells, both in vitro and in animal models, while having little ... > full story -
CT and Serum LDH Shows Promise as Survival Predictor for Some Metastatic Melanoma Patients
April 17, 2013 — Combining CT imaging findings with baseline serum lactate dehydrogenase levels is showing promise as a way to predict survival in patients with metastatic melanoma being treated with anti-angiogenic ... > full story -
Cancer Metastasis: When a KISS (1) Goes Bad
April 16, 2013 — KISS 1 is a metastasis-suppressor gene which helps to prevent the spread of cancers, including melanoma, pancreatic and ovarian cancers to name a few. But new research shows that kisspeptins -- ... > full story -
Lower Education Linked to Premature Death from Malignant Melanoma
April 16, 2013 — There are socioeconomic differences in Sweden in survival amongst people with malignant skin melanoma, according to a new study. Melanoma patients with a lower educational background are much more ... > full story -
Naturally-Occurring Substance Proves Effective Against Deadly Skin Cancer in Test Tube and Mice Studies
April 10, 2013 — For the first time, scientists have demonstrated the mechanism of action of gossypin, a naturally-occurring substance found in fruits and vegetables, as a treatment for melanoma, which causes the ... > full story -
Rising Melanoma Rates Among Adolescents, Children Are Subject of New Study
April 8, 2013 — A new study looks at the increase of melanoma, a form of skin cancer, in children and adolescents and what those trends might be telling ... > full story
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