Device created for faster skin biopsies without anesthesia
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Institute for Health Research of the Hospital "Ramón y Cajal" (IRYCIS have patented a new device for performing skin biopsies.
Detecting skin cancer quickly
Melanoma is aggressive and life-threatening. If it is not detected early, the prospects of recovery drop. Screening is complicated, though.
Scientists identify promising new melanoma treatment strategy
Scientists looking to better understand the mechanisms behind the origin and spread of melanoma tumors have uncovered a possible role for a decades-old antibacterial agent in treating these...
First extensive description of the human secreted miRNome
In an elaborate study, biologists of the University of Luxembourg have found out that small molecules named microRNAs are, against many hopes, not yet suitable for early diagnosis of skin cancer...
Trial of new ‘resistance-busting’ skin cancer drug begins as first patient receives treatment
A patient has become the first to receive a new 'resistance-busting' experimental skin cancer drug with the launch of a phase I clinical trial.
How to reset a diseased cell
In proof-of-concept experiments, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine demonstrate the ability to tune medically relevant cell behaviors by manipulating a key hub in...
VivoSight OCT clinical study: Results demonstrate clinical value of OCT in basal cell carcinoma diagnosis
Michelson Diagnostics, the UK-based medical device company focused on multi-beam Optical Coherence Tomography ('OCT') technology, announces the publication on-line in the British Journal of...
High-dose sodium nitrite with citric acid creams better than placebo for anogenital warts
A high-dose treatment of sodium nitrite, 6 percent, with citric acid, 9 percent, creams applied twice daily was more effective than placebo for treating the common sexually transmitted disease of...
Study reveals how FOXO1 slows diabetic wound healing
A protein that normally fosters tissue repair instead acts to inhibit healing when sugar levels are high, according to a study in The Journal of Cell Biology.
Study: Genes are responsible for why Caucasians are 10 times more likely to develop psoriasis than the Chinese
A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) led an international team of researchers from Singapore, China, USA and Europe to conduct the world's first large-scale, trans-ethnic, genome-wide...