Fish Shed Light on Human Melanoma

Friday, June 15, 2012 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

Zebrafish, a transparent member of the minnow family, are providing insight into human melanoma - a form of skin cancer - that may lead to new or repurposed drug treatments, for skin and other cancers. This will be reported at the Genetics Society of America's "Model Organisms to Human Biology: Cancer Genetics" Meeting, June 17-20, 2012, in Washington, D.C.

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