Scientists identify protein critical to melanoma growth
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Researchers have discovered that malignant melanoma, the potentially lethal skin cancer, can&#39;t grow without a steady supply of a protein that normal cells can do without.
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Scientists have identified a group  of proteins that together indicate a person has Alzheimer's  disease in what may be a big step toward an accurate test for  the devastating brain ailment.
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Scientists have identified a protein which plays a key role in the changes that alcohol abuse causes in the brain.
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A protein produced by immune cells could lead to more effective treatments for HIV, researchers believe.
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WASHINGTON - Skin cancer researchers have stumbled on a cellular cause for hair turning grey as we age. The scientists weren&#39;t aiming to prevent greying, but to find treatments for malignant melanoma, a potentially deadly skin cancer.
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Scientists have discovered a new cancer-causing gene that they believe could be a molecular master switch for the disease.
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TUESDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in preventing skin cancer cells from dividing and multiplying.
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The human body has its own cancer-fighting protein that could be used as a noninvasive therapy to attack and destroy tumors. The protein, a vascular endothelial growth factor called VEGF 165b, can
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MONDAY, Dec. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- A protein that plays a critical role in the growth of the deadly skin cancer melanoma has been identified by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston.
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Cancer drug shows exceptional promise as it moves toward FDA review.
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Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children&#39;s Hospital Boston say they have found the cellular cause of graying hair while investigating the origins of malignant melanoma, the potentially deadly skin cancer.
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A new discovery about a cellular control mechanism could lead to drugs for both stem cell-driven tissue regeneration and cancer. American researchers at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina
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RESEARCHERS here have pieced together several new clues in the cancer puzzle, uncovering the roles of key genes - an important step towards treating it.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A key protein may help doctors spot women at hidden risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer, according to new research.
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SUNDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Melanoma remains a stubborn foe, with doctors reporting limited success in preventing the sometimes fatal skin cancer and even less success developing a cure.
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MONDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Vaccines that contain tumor proteins help fight deadly melanoma skin cancer by increasing the number of immune system killer T-cells that can attack the tumor, says research in the Jan. 17 issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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MONDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A harmless version of a major killer, the HIV virus, is being used to hunt down malignant melanoma cancer cells in mice, researchers say.