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Just in time for Memorial Day: Melanoma Tips and Q&A
May 22, 2013
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Memorial Day traditionally marks the start of summer and, unfortunately, the start of tanning season. Here are some tips to help lessen your risk for developing melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer, and a recap of the recent Facebook live Q&A with Wistar’s Ashani Weeraratna, Ph.D.
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Melanoma
The Top 10 Thing You Need to Know about Melanoma Awareness Month
May 2, 2013
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May is Melanoma Awareness Month. Melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer and worldwide rates of melanoma are on the rise. Click through to read 10 things you ought to know about melanoma!
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Cancer Biology Student Awarded Melanoma Research Grant
April 3, 2013
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Amanpreet Kaur, a student in the Cancer Biology Ph.D. program, a joint venture between Wistar and University of the Sciences, was recently awarded at $10,000 grant by the Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation. Kaur, who studies in the laboratory of her mentor, Wistar Assistant Professor Ashani Weeraratna, Ph.D., will use the money to further her work on protein receptors that play an important role in melanoma progression and therapy resistance.
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Events, Funding, Melanoma
Expert Opinion: Melanoma Risk Still High in the Winter.
January 23, 2013
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It may not seem like it, but the winter sun still packs a punch, especially when it comes to melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer. “There’s a saying we like to use: ‘Melanoma doesn’t hibernate.’ So just because it’s cold outside does not mean sun exposure can’t be dangerous,” said Ashani Weeraratna, Ph.D.
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Cancer, Melanoma