A Cancer Visible To The Naked Eye, But Doctors Aren’t Looking
“We were very, very surprised,” Geller recalls. “About three-quarters of them were never trained in the skin cancer exam, and more than half never once practiced the examination during their primary...
View ArticleSafer tanning?
Harvard researchers’ discovery of a molecular switch that turns off the natural process of skin pigmentation may lead to a novel way of protecting the skin — activating the tanning process without...
View ArticleCritical finding for skin cancer treatment
The past year has brought to light both the promise and the frustration of developing new drugs to treat melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer. Early clinical tests of a candidate drug aimed at...
View ArticleProgress against melanoma
Harvard stem cell researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston (CHB) have taken two important steps toward development of a new way of treating melanoma, the most virulent form of skin cancer. In two...
View ArticlePredicting cancer’s spread
Harvard researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) have found a way that may enable them to predict whether human melanoma tumors are likely to spread. The scientists report in the July 12...
View ArticleIncreasing risk for melanoma
A major international study has identified a novel gene mutation that appears to increase the risk of both inherited and sporadic cases of malignant melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer. The...
View ArticleWhen skin cancer cells resist drug treatment
One of cancer’s most frightening characteristics is its ability to return after treatment. In the case of many forms of cancer, including the skin cancer known as melanoma, tailored drugs can eradicate...
View ArticleConcerns about climate change, health
For decades, scientists have known that the effects of global climate change could have a devastating impact across the globe, but Harvard researchers say there is now evidence that it may also have a...
View ArticleSkin cancer detection breakthrough
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer and is the leading cause of death from skin disease. Rates are steadily increasing, and although risk increases with age, melanoma is now frequently...
View ArticleCancer vaccine begins Phase I clinical trials
A cross-disciplinary team of Harvard scientists, engineers, and clinicians announced today that they have begun a Phase I clinical trial of an implantable vaccine to treat melanoma, the most lethal...
View ArticleA Cancer Visible To The Naked Eye, But Doctors Aren’t Looking
“We were very, very surprised,” Geller recalls. “About three-quarters of them were never trained in the skin cancer exam, and more than half never once practiced the examination during their primary...
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Safer tanning?
Harvard researchers’ discovery of a molecular switch that turns off the natural process of skin pigmentation may lead to a novel way of protecting the skin — activating the tanning process without...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Critical finding for skin cancer treatment
The past year has brought to light both the promise and the frustration of developing new drugs to treat melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer. Early clinical tests of a candidate drug aimed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Progress against melanoma
Harvard stem cell researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston (CHB) have taken two important steps toward development of a new way of treating melanoma, the most virulent form of skin cancer. In two...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Predicting cancer’s spread
Harvard researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) have found a way that may enable them to predict whether human melanoma tumors are likely to spread. The scientists report in the July 12...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Increasing risk for melanoma
A major international study has identified a novel gene mutation that appears to increase the risk of both inherited and sporadic cases of malignant melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When skin cancer cells resist drug treatment
One of cancer’s most frightening characteristics is its ability to return after treatment. In the case of many forms of cancer, including the skin cancer known as melanoma, tailored drugs can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Concerns about climate change, health
For decades, scientists have known that the effects of global climate change could have a devastating impact across the globe, but Harvard researchers say there is now evidence that it may also have a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Skin cancer detection breakthrough
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer and is the leading cause of death from skin disease. Rates are steadily increasing, and although risk increases with age, melanoma is now frequently...
View ArticleCancer vaccine begins Phase I clinical trials
A cross-disciplinary team of Harvard scientists, engineers, and clinicians announced today that they have begun a Phase I clinical trial of an implantable vaccine to treat melanoma, the most lethal...
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