Chronic inflammation can help nurture skin cancer, study shows
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 11:49
in Health & Medicine
Inflammation, a frontline defense against infection or disease, can help nurture skin cancer, researchers have found. IDO, an enzyme that works like a firefighter to keep inflammation under control, can be commandeered to protect early malignant cells, say Medical College of Georgia researchers studying an animal model of chronic inflammation and skin cancer.