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Deluge of DNA changes drives progression of fatal melanomas
Melbourne researchers have revealed how melanoma cells are flooded with DNA changes as this skin…
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Bacteria may aid anti-cancer immune response
Cancer immunotherapy may get a boost from an unexpected direction: bacteria residing within tumour cells.…
Rethinking skin surveillance for high-risk melanoma patients
New research has provided evidence in favour of a structured skin surveillance program for high-risk…
Fecal microbe transplants help cancer patients respond to immunotherapy and shrink tumours
Diwakar Davar, University of Pittsburgh The effect of a drug, or impact of a treatment…
Gene-based blood test for melanoma spread evaluates treatment progress
A test that monitors blood levels of DNA fragments released by dying tumour cells may…
Melanoma patients respond to immunotherapy after changes to gut microbiome
Statistical modeling developed by Oregon State University, USA, has confirmed that changes to melanoma patients’…
Cosmetic laser may boost effectiveness of certain anti-cancer therapies
Use of a cosmetic laser invented at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), USA, may improve the…
An mRNA vaccine for cancer immunotherapy
Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to prevent COVID-19 have made headlines around the world recently, but…
Melanoma breakthrough: New treatment regime
Drug therapy before surgery preventing deadly spread of disease In what is being hailed as…
Researchers develop injection to treat skin cancer
Yale researchers are developing a skin cancer treatment that involves injecting nanoparticles into the tumour,…