SLAC X-rays help discover new drug against melanoma
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
It was front page news around the world: a drug designed to disrupt malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, was so successful in its latest round of testing in humans that the tests were halted like an early-round knockout in boxing so patients in the trial who were receiving other treatments could be moved to the new medicine.