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Discovery in Cell Signaling Could Help Fight Against Melanoma
May 10, 2012 — Scientists have made a key discovery in cell signaling that is relevant to the fight against melanoma skin cancer and certain other fast-spreading ... > full story -
New Under the Sun: Recurrent Genetic Mutations in Melanoma
May 9, 2012 — Melanoma -- the deadliest and most aggressive form of skin cancer -- has long been linked to time spent in the sun. Now scientists have sequenced the whole genomes of 25 metastatic melanoma tumors, ... > full story -
Skin Cancer Increasingly Common in Teens and Young Adults
May 8, 2012 — With summer just around the corner, pediatricians are sounding the alarm on a disturbing trend: A growing number of teenagers and young adults diagnosed with skin ... > full story -
Eye Color May Indicate Risk for Serious Skin Conditions
May 6, 2012 — Eye color may be an indicator of whether a person is high-risk for certain serious skin conditions. A new study shows people with blue eyes are less likely to have ... > full story -
Some Melanomas Use Cloaking Protein to Hide from Cancer-Killing Immune Cells
April 25, 2012 — Scientists have found that melanoma cells use a cloaking protein to hide from immune cells poised to attack the cancer. Nearly 40 percent of their sampling of melanoma tissues contained the B7-H1 ... > full story -
Gene Critical to Development and Spread of Lung Cancer Identified
April 24, 2012 — A single gene that promotes initial development of the most common form of lung cancer and its lethal metastases has been ... > full story -
Arsenic Turns Stem Cells Cancerous, Spurring Tumor Growth
April 4, 2012 — Researchers have discovered how exposure to arsenic can turn normal stem cells into cancer stem cells and spur tumor growth. Inorganic arsenic, which affects the drinking water of millions of people ... > full story -
Cancer Stem Cell Vaccine in Development Shows Antitumor Effect
April 2, 2012 — Stem cells had greater effect than differentiated tumor cells in eliciting antitumor immunity in vivo. Antibodies and T cells targeted cancer stem cells in laboratory models. Data could provide a ... > full story -
Dramatic Rise in Skin Cancer in Young Adults
April 2, 2012 — Even as the rates of some cancers are falling, Mayo Clinic is seeing an alarming trend: the dramatic rise of skin cancer, especially among people under 40. According to a new study the incidence of ... > full story -
Researchers Building Melanoma Vaccine to Combat Skin Cancer
March 19, 2012 — Researchers have trained mouse immune systems to eradicate skin cancer from within, using a genetic combination of human DNA from melanoma cells and a cousin of the rabies ... > full story
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