Chronic Inflammation Can Help Nurture Skin Cancer, Study Shows
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 07:28
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 researchers studying an animal model of chronic inflammation and skin cancer.