The world’s largest genetics study of ‘moliness’ has uncovered hundreds of genes that play a role in the growth of both moles and melanoma, a discovery that could lead to new ways to prevent and treat the deadliest form of skin cancer. These findings, published in Nature Communications, come from research by a team at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Herston, Australia. The team found risk genes linked to biological pathways that could lead to the development of a

Photo by Amanda Mills, USCDCP, via Pixnio A long-running Queensland, Australia, study has found children are developing significantly fewer moles than their peers were 25 years ago, with predictions of a major reduction in future melanoma risk. The Brisbane Twin Nevus Study, published in the British Journal of Dermatology , tracked the development of moles in twins and their siblings who turned 12 each year from 1992 to 2016. There were a total of 3,957 participants living i

Researchers have found that common moles on the skin contain a quantity of CD4+ T cells that could in principle be activated as a...