dermatology

Source of molecular triggers in cutaneous T cell lymphoma identified

...the Yale Cancer Center, and professor and chair of dermatology at Yale, since he and his colleagues at the Nation...ng antigen, Carole Berger, a research scientist in dermatology set up a physiologic laboratory system mimicking the tight relationship in vivo between CTCL cells a...

U-M scientists find genes that control growth of common skin cancer

... skin cancer.Andrzej Dlugosz, M.D., a professor of dermatology in the U-M MedicalSchool, and colleagues at the Un...pathway,?says Mark Hutchin, M.D., a U-M residentin dermatology and lead author on the paper. This is different frommany other genetic mouse models of cancer, in wh...

UT Southwestern researchers develop screening test for cells that activate immune system

...fficiency," said Dr. Akira Takashima, professor of dermatology and vice chairman for research and head of the pro...ed Dr. Norikatsu Mitzumoto, assistant professor of dermatology and the study's lead author, and Drs. Hironori Matsushima and Hiroaki Tanaka, postdoctoral researche...

Rochester scientists develop fast-working biosensor

... Benjamin Miller, Ph.D., an associate professor of dermatology at the Medical Center, is the lead author of the article. "We've developed a very inexpensive technology that can detect an infectious agent," said Miller, who is part of the university's Center for Future Health "It's clearly faster and cheaper tha...

Antioxidant selenium offers no heart-disease protection

...they were recruited. Participants came from seven dermatology clinics in low selenium areas of the eastern United States: Augusta and Macon, Ga.; Columbia, S.C.; Miami, Fla.; Wilson and Greenville, N. C.; and Newington, Conn. Enrollees were assigned randomly to take a tablet containing 200 micrograms of seleni...

U-M scientists identify major psoriasis susceptibility gene

...rector James T. Elder, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of dermatology and of radiation oncology in the U-M Medical Schoo...involving physicians, scientists and patients from dermatology departments at many institutions ?including the U-M, the University of Kiel in Germany, Detroit's He...

Scientists stop autoimmune disease without shutting off immune system

...enstein, associate professor in the departments of dermatology and pathology in the UNC School of Medicine and a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. "Targeting these specific events in the cell could enable us to more effectively and safely treat patients." Rubenstein has previously sh...

Search on for treatment of slow-healing wounds

...mportant clinical perspective, and the division of dermatology at the University of Washington's Department of Medicine, which brings expertise in the biology of wound healing to the project. "It's a point to relish that much of the data that was gathered to make this grant successful was the result of undergr...

Why don't all moles progress to melanoma?

...l," says Soengas, who is an assistant professor of dermatology in the U-M Medical School. "Until now, no one knew there was a connection between ER stress and the very early stages of tumor initiation." Results of the U-M study ?involving melanocytes from normal human skin and biopsies of non-malignant human m...

No carrier necessary: This drug delivers itself

.... Oseroff, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the department of dermatology at RPCI and in UB’s School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The UB/RPCI team is exploring the use of the same technique for delivering other hydrophobic drugs, including those used in chemotherapy. ...

Researcher to study astronaut bone loss for space biology agency

...iel D. Bikle, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine and dermatology at UCSF. As an NSBRI Fellow, Long will receive $40,000 per year for two years for his research at SFVAMC. In addition, as a member of an NSBRI science and technology team, he will collaborate in person and via teleconference with NSBRI colleagues....

Rising skin cancer rates are more likely to affect wealthy people, says 12-year review

... ageing populations, will place greater demands on dermatology and other related specialties over the coming years. “The number of people aged 60 and over is set to rise by more than a half by 2030 and 80 per cent of all skin cancers occur in this age group” says Dr Dolan. “It is important that we plan ahe...

Sun exposure early in life linked to specific skin cancer gene mutation

...er," said Dr. Nancy Thomas, associate professor of dermatology in the UNC School of Medicine, a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and lead author of the study. This finding is expected to strengthen current recommendations to protect children from sun exposure in order to prevent melanoma,...