Change in Gene Linked to Most Melanoma Cases
From Times Wire Reports
Scientists have determined that a spontaneous change in a certain gene is involved in 70% of cases of melanoma, which kills nearly 40,000 people a year.
Experts say the finding might eventually lead to more effective drugs for skin tumors.
The discovery, noted in the online version of the journal Nature, is the first fruit of the Cancer Genome Project in Cambridge, England.
