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    Centenary Institute > News > Boosting the human body’s fight against melanoma

Boosting the human body’s fight against melanoma

Date time 21 June, 2018
News Type News type Media release

Scientists at Centenary have uncovered a new pathway in the body which fights cancer; paving the way for the development of drugs that improve the prognosis of patients with melanoma and other types of cancer.

“Sadly, Australia has one of the highest rate of melanoma in the world, with more than 1800 Australians dying from the disease each year. Our research has improved our understanding of how the body mounts the anti-cancer immune response but has also opened up ways scientists can develop new therapies to target this cell type in melanoma,” says Stuart Cook of Centenary’s Skin Imaging and Inflammation laboratory, the lead author on the paper.

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