Feb 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Did you know your body contains 10 times as many bacterial cells as it does human cells? In fact, there is around one million bacteria living on each square centimetre of your skin! Some bacteria that normally live on human skin has been discovered to produce a...
Feb 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
In 2010, almost 780,000 skin cancers were diagnosed and treated in Australia. 1 Invasive melanomasmake up a very small percentage of these, with the vast majority being nonmelanoma skin cancers inpeople aged over 60 years. 2 The Royal Australian College of General...
Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Despite bringing the world to a halt in 2020, COVID-19 has not altered skin cancer growth. Oneperson is diagnosed with skin cancer every half and hours in Australia. This creates an unfortunatecircumstance, as those most at risk of COVID-19 complications (i.e....
Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
A small American clinical trial has found that a vaccine targeted against specific cancer cells has hadlong lasting beneficial effects in patients with a high risk of recurrence. The vaccine, known asNeoVax, is designed to target proteins on the tumour cells and is...
Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
An Australian first study performed by a Queensland study has revealed that regular beach goers aresix times more likely to be diagnosed with a melanoma in comparison to the general Australianpopulation. The study was undertaken at Southern Cross University and...
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