Gray hair opens door to Melanoma therapy
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BEIJING, Dec. 24 -- Gray hairs may give a hint to the treatment of the most dangerous type of skin cancer -- melanoma,. Those annoying gray hairs that increasingly leer back from the bathroom mirror may have some value after all.
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A small study shows its cancer treatment is comparable to others in terms of usefulness. Safety data is unknown.
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Scientists have developed a treatment which may be effective against the most common and deadly form of brain cancer.
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A new study offers clues as to why hair goes gray, but people hoping to avoid that very visible part of the aging process should not get their hopes up.
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Scientists say they may be able to make cancer drugs target tumours by using ultra-violet light to activate them.
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The treatment that more cancer patients receive may one day depend on their genes
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Microscopic embryonic stem cells might hold the answer to afflictions from baldness, wrinkles, and age spots to the most intractable diseases.
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Those who dread hypodermic needles may someday be able to apply their medicine on their skin instead, a couple of researchers believe.
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[Health India]: New York, Dec 26 : While trying to discover the cause of skin cancer a team of Harvard researchers have come upon the reason for graying of hair.
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Serono is teaming up with  California-based biotech firm CancerVax Corp. to develop a new  skin cancer drug, as Europe's biggest biotech firm aims to  strengthen its pipeline by moving into cancer treatment.
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Low socioeconomic status is a  strong predictor of poor survival among patients from different  ethnic groups with melanoma skin cancer, new research  indicates.
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Government scientists turned regular blood cells into tumor attackers that wiped out all signs of cancer in two men with advanced melanoma. The striking finding, unveiled Thursday, marks an important step in the quest for gene therapy for cancer.
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Scientists believe they have found a way to make prostate cancer treatment more effective.
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Genetically modified skin cells could be used to fight a cancer which strikes the very young, a study suggests.
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Two of the 17 melanoma skin cancer patients treated with genetic altered immune cells improved, government scientists said Thursday.
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No doubt many researchers have gotten gray hair trying to find ways to defeat cancer. Now a team of scientists says gray hair itself may yield clues to fighting that deadly disease.
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No doubt many researchers have gotten gray hair trying to find ways to defeat cancer. Now a team of scientists says gray hair itself might yield clues to fighting that deadly disease.