Skin Cancer

Companies Skin Cancer

DermoSafe SA, Switzerland

DermoSafe SA is a swiss company. Its aim is to bring innovative products and services for the early detection of melanoma and management. It was founded by Philippe Held in November 2012, after having been granted with the Axa Innovation Award 2012. more

News Skin Cancer

• Increasing the effectiveness of immunotherapy against skin cancer
  

  Researchers at the University of Bern have discovered a mechanism in the body’s own immune system which is responsible for the maturation and activation of immune cells. In the fight against skin cancer, the results have the potential to help immunotherapies succeed, even in patients for whom they h more

• Marine alga from the Kiel Fjord discovered as a remedy against infections and skin cancer
  

  Marine organisms and their microbial symbionts are invaluable sources of new medicines for human diseases. Natural products from the sea have four times higher potential to become medicines than any other natural or synthetic compound. But the discovery process is long, risky and costly. Using state more

• Cancer treatment: A researcher makes breakthrough immunotherapy discovery

  Dr Christopher E. Rudd, a researcher at the Centre de recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (CR-HMR) and Université de Montréal, has discovered a new cell therapy approach that boosts the immune response of T lymphocytes to malignant tumours. "Our work has identified a new T-cell protein that more

Videos Skin Cancer

The World's Most Unavoidable Carcinogen

Out in the open air on a beautiful summer day, most people don’t realize that they’re bathing in the world's most common carcinogen – the sun's rays. Ultra violet (UV) rays to be exact. Let’s take a look at how UV rays affect your body, and the sorts of built-in chemical defense systems you're w ... more

Publications Skin Cancer

• Comparative behavior between sunscreens based on free or encapsulated UV filters in term of skin penetration, retention and photo-stability

  Publication date: 30 August 2018 Source:European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Volume 121 Author(s): Arianna C. Cozzi, Paola Perugini, Samuel Gourion-Arsiquaud Background The growing incidence of photodamaging effects caused by UV radiation (e.g. sunburn, skin cancer) has increased more

• Distinguishing malignant from benign microscopic skin lesions using desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging [Chemistry]

  Timely detection of microscopic tumors is of utmost importance in cancer diagnostics. We show that desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging (DESI-MSI) can successfully locate microscopic aggregates of a common skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma (BCC), and distinguish them from adj more

• Marine Drugs, Vol. 16, Pages 166: Anticancer Activity of Euplotin C, Isolated from the Marine Ciliate Euplotes crassus, Against Human Melanoma Cells

  Marine Drugs, Vol. 16, Pages 166: Anticancer Activity of Euplotin C, Isolated from the Marine Ciliate Euplotes crassus, Against Human Melanoma Cells Marine Drugs doi: 10.3390/md16050166 Authors: Sara Carpi Beatrice Polini Giulio Poli Gabriela Alcantara Barata Stefano Fogli Antonel more