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Multiple skin cancer risk behaviors are common among US adults
Whether you're basking on the beach during vacation, coasting down glittering white snow on a weekend ski trip, or simply walking the dog or running errands, sunlight's ultraviolet rays can damage your skin year-round.   view more (2008-01-08)

Teenage girls aren't the only ones who tan indoors -- older adults do so as well
Think you won't run into grandparents at your local tanning salon? According to new research, you just might. In fact, a recent health survey of American adults suggests that while 20 percent of 18-39 year olds visited tanning beds, as many as 10 percent of those between 50 and 64 years of age and eight percent of those older than 65 tanned... view more... (2008-03-10)

Laser therapy can aggravate skin cancer
High irradiances of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) should not be used over melanomas.   view more (2009-11-20)

Study Links Virus To Some Cases Of Common Skin Cancer
A virus discovered last year in a rare form of skin cancer has also been found in people with the second most common form of skin cancer among Americans, according to researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute.   view more (2009-07-31)

Study compares treatments for chronic plaque psoriasis
UV-A therapy was found to be more effective than narrowband UV-B therapy in treating patients with chronic plaque psoriasis.   view more (2006-07-18)

Model identifies genes that induce normal skin cells to become abnormal
Northwestern University researchers have developed a novel, three-dimensional model that allows scientists to observe how interacting with the microenvironment of metastatic melanoma cells induces normal skin cells to become similar to aggressive cancer cells that migrate and spread throughout the body.   view more (2005-11-15)

UVA researchers explain cell response to skin-damaging UV rays
It's well known that overexposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun can cause major skin problems, ranging from skin cancer to sunburns and premature wrinkles. A tan, for example, is nature's own UV protection and an unhealthy sign that your skin is damaged.   view more (2007-10-02)

Immune defect is key to skin aging
Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have discovered why older people may be so vulnerable to cancer and infections in the skin.   view more (2009-08-28)

Live skin substitute to unlock new products
Many long-established skin products, such as shampoos and soaps, contain harmful or ineffective ingredients because effective testing methods were unavailable when they were developed. The first ever model of live skin with a full ecosystem of micro-organisms - created at the University of Leeds - has the potential to help develop dozens of new... view more... (2004-07-06)

A classic method for modeling skin cancer is featured in Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
Skin cancer is the most prevalent form of human cancer in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control.   view more (2007-09-05)

How stem cells make skin
Stem cells have a unique ability: when they divide, they can either give rise to more stem cells, or to a variety of specialised cell types.   view more (2009-09-14)

Scientists develope a new model of artificial canine skin
Researchers at UNIVET, a spin-off of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in cooperation with the animal nutrition company Affinity Petcare, have developed an artificial cellular model which faithfully reproduces the characteristics of dog's skin and which will allow, therefore, the carrying out of various lines of research related to... view more... (2007-05-11)

Kaposi sarcoma arises independently from multiple cells
Kaposi sarcoma is unique among cancers because most tumors grow from a small number of different cells, whereas nearly all other cancers arise from a single cell.   view more (2007-07-11)

UNC scientists discover cellular 'SOS' signal in response to UV skin damage
New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine has identified two proteins that may help protect against skin cancer.   view more (2007-03-19)

Fish cancer gene linked to pigment pattern that attracts mates
Though skin cancer is deadly to male fish, it also has one perk: The black melanoma splotches arise from attractive natural markings that lure female mates. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week shows that the melanoma gene can be conserved in swordtail fish because of its beneficial role in sexual... view more... (2008-08-19)

Gold Nanorods May Make Safer Cancer Treatment
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, San Francisco, have found an even more effective and safer way to detect and kill cancer cells.   view more (2006-03-14)

New Study Looks At Sensitivity To Sun
A project designed to try and explain the way genes influence sensitivity to sun is underway at the University of Edinburgh. The study will look not only at the role of ultraviolet radiation in causing skin cancer, but at its benefits in treating of patients with psoriasis, eczema and a range of other skin conditions. Professor of Dermatology... view more... (2002-04-24)

A potential new imaging agent for early diagnosis of most serious skin cancer
Scientists in Australia are reporting development and testing in laboratory animals of a potential new material for diagnosing malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.   view more (2009-10-01)

Prodrug could help curb skin toxicity related to EGFR-inhibiting cancer drugs
There may be a way around the harsh skin toxicity associated with a widely used cancer drug, according to a study published online this week in Cancer Biology and Therapy by researchers from City of Hope and the Kimmel Cancer at Jefferson.    view more (2009-09-02)

The National Radiological Protection Board advises holiday makers against overexposure to high sunlight
The incidence of skin cancer in the UK has significantly increased in recent years. There are now over 40,000 new cases and nearly 2,000 deaths from skin cancer in the UK each year. Much of this increase has been attributed to overexposure to sunlight not only when abroad but also sunbathing at home. In one recent study in Scotland, a third of... view more... (2003-05-27)
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