Just about everyone will warn you to wear your sun block lotion when you're outdoors these days. Sun over exposure has been the blame for skin cancer for as long as I can remember (although we defied it as kids - could never get enough sun & fun).
However, research is showing that a missing protein may explain why some skin cells advance to a deadly skin cancer known as melanoma rather than simply developing into harmless moles. Part of our natural defense to combat cancers comes from a protein known as IGFBP7.
The protein can be made in a synthetic form now, and when applied to melanoma cells in the lab it has stopped melanoma cancers from growing. While melanoma accounts for a small percentage of skin cancers, it does account for most skin cancer deaths which equaled about 8,000 in the US for 2007.
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Michael Caruso
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