Aiming to help people bypass a biopsy, La Jolla company DermTech has developed a skin patch to test for melanoma using genomics, or the study of a person’s genes.
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“Melanoma in Mexicans has increased by 500% in 30 years, we must study the cause”
Few know that melanoma, or melanoma, which is most common in Mexico, is not caused by ultraviolet radiation, as it does in people of white skin and European genetic ancestry. However, the world’s largest cancer research centers have no priority for studying what might be the specific genetic mutations of Mexicans and Latin Americans that generate cancer cells in the skin.
Labor has pledged nearly $15 million to help tackle melanoma
Labor has pledged nearly $15 million to help tackle melanoma, which kills an Australian every six hours.
Taking Melanoma Nurses National
Labor will support Melanoma Institute Australia to deliver their melanoma nurses program across every State and Territory.