Engineering the Immune System to Fight Melanoma

Engineering the Immune System to Fight Melanoma

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Loyola University Medical Center has launched the first clinical trial in the Midwest of an experimental melanoma treatment that genetically engineers a patient’s immune system to fight the deadly cancer. A batch of the immune [...]

Non-Invasive Optical Technique Detects Cancer by Looking Under the Skin

Non-Invasive Optical Technique Detects Cancer by Looking Under the Skin

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The trained eye of a dermatologist can identify many types of skin lesions, but human sight only goes so far. Now an international team of researchers has developed an advanced optics system to noninvasively map [...]

There is no such thing as a safe tan

There is no such thing as a safe tan

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“Skin melanoma is the most lethal of the skin cancers Nature Communications recently published GW research on skin melanoma with newly discovered role for UV and melanin using transgenic HGF melanoma mouse model “This is the first [...]

Self-Examine For Skin Cancer With This Mobile App

Self-Examine For Skin Cancer With This Mobile App

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The app also includes a risk calculator Researchers from the University of Michigan Health System has developed an app that allows users to screen for skin cancer by using their mobile phones. The app, UMSkinCheck, [...]