New compound shows promise for treating psoriasis with blue light activation
Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that manifests itself mainly with skin symptoms (dryness, itching, scaly skin, abnormal patches and ...
Tag: skin cancer
Study spotlights differences based on race and gender in melanoma diagnosis, outcomes
Melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer that accounts for 75% of all skin-cancer-related deaths, is often detected later in ...
Genetically engineering skin bacteria to fight cancer
While studying a type of bacteria that lives on the healthy skin of every human being, researchers from Stanford Medicine ...
Immune checkpoint inhibitor target found to promote skin cancer growth
Programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) is an important target for immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies that block its signaling and boost ...
The sunscreen paradox: individuals with higher levels of sun exposure use more but not an adequate quantity of sunscreen
In a recent study published in Cancers, researchers explored the individual (microsystem), interpersonal (mesosystem), community (exosystem), and societal (macrosystem) factors ...
New class of immunotherapy shows promise against aggressive skin cancer
A new class of immunotherapy shows promising results for fighting the most aggressive form of skin cancer. The study, published ...
Changes to tumor DNA can help predict cancer's next move
Knowing whether a tumor might grow or spread to other parts of a patient’s body could be key to survival ...
People with atopy have lower prevalence of cancers in extracutaneous sites and reduced melanoma risk
Fewer cases of melanoma were observed in people with a history of atopic diseases, such as allergic asthma or rhinitis, ...
Using artificial human skin to block invasive growth in a skin cancer model
By using artificial human skin, a research group from the University of Copenhagen have managed to block invasive growth in ...
Stem cell crosstalk with the microenvironment creates a loop of tumor-promoting factors
What drives tumor growth? Is it a few rogue cells imposing their will upon healthy tissue, or diseased tissue bringing ...
