Source: Morgan Newspaper, January 2019 Cilium is a slender cell protuberance that picks up signals from the cell’s external environment. Majority of human cells contain this slender cell protuberance. Now researchers from University of Zurich suggest that these fine cilium plays a key role in the formation of melanoma. Restraining development of cilia in benign […]
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Source: 3AW693 News Talk, January 2019 Until recently there was no effective treatment for advanced melanoma. That’s changing, with world-leading Australian melanoma research tripling the life expectancy for some advanced melanoma patients since 2009. Last week, Professor Georgina Long and Professor Richard Scolyer from the Melanoma Institute of Australia were awarded the GSK Award for Research […]
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Source: The West Australian, January 2019 A Perth medical science student is commercialising a new biotechnology that is set to dramatically improve the diagnosis of melanoma skin cancer. Edith Cowan University PhD candidate Pauline Zaenker has developed a blood test that can detect melanoma by checking for a combination of biomarkers produced by a person’s […]
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Source: News.com.au, January 2019 WHILE Amelia Davies-Waddell’s friends were looking forward to hanging out at the beach in the summer holidays, the then 12-year-old was dizzy with thoughts about her fair skin. One pink spot near Amelia’s left elbow was causing particular anxiety for her mother, Jenny Davies of Redcliffe. “My mum had this strange […]
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