Toasted Skin Syndrome (Erythema Ab Igne) is a growing concern caused by prolonged exposure to heat from laptops, heated car ...

Cutaneous melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer, is characterized by its accumulation of a large number of ...

A genomic study of skin cells shows that there’s a wide range in the normal number of somatic mutations that arise from exposure to UV light and that these mutations are independent of age. The work, ...

As The New York Times reports, most of what scientists knew of skin-color genetics came from studies of European populations, which found that mutations in the gene SLC24A5 caused cells to make less ...

To fight this, doctors often use drugs called BRAF inhibitors, such as vemurafenib, which can stop the cancer’s growth—at ...

Researchers at City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S. with its National Medical Center named top 5 in the nation for cancer by U.S.