Skin cancer screening guidelines can seem confusing – three skin cancer researchers explain when to consider getting checked

Widespread screening for skin cancer may not be necessary, but it is important to understand the risks behind UV overexposure and to get checked early if you have concerns.

Tamara Terzian, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
Aug. 11, 2023 • ~11 min

Every cancer is unique – why different cancers require different treatments, and how evolution drives drug resistance

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to treating cancer. Understanding how cancer cells evolve could help researchers develop more effective drugs.

Monika Joshi, Associate Professor of Hematology and Oncology, Penn State • conversation
May 1, 2023 • ~10 min

Moderna's experimental cancer vaccine treats but doesn't prevent melanoma – a biochemist explains how it works

Preventive and therapeutic vaccines both train the immune system to fight disease, but they are used in different ways.

Mark R. O'Brian, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo • conversation
Jan. 17, 2023 • ~8 min

How cancer cells can become immortal – new research finds a mutated gene that helps melanoma defeat the normal limits on repeated replication

One enzyme plays a key role in how tumor cells replicate and divide indefinitely. Identifying the genes that give these cells their immortality could provide new drug targets to treat cancer.

Jonathan Alder, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences • conversation
Nov. 10, 2022 • ~6 min

It’s a myth that sunscreen prevents melanoma in people of color – a dermatologist explains

While sunscreen has the potential to reduce skin cancer for light-skinned people, it has never been shown to do the same for Black people. Yet that distinction is lacking in public health messaging.

Adewole S. Adamson, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine (Division of Dermatology), University of Texas at Austin • conversation
July 20, 2022 • ~9 min

Your dog's nose knows no bounds – and neither does its love for you

Dogs process the sensory world very differently than humans, but love in a way that is entirely familiar.

Ellen Furlong, Associate Professor of Psychology, Illinois Wesleyan University • conversation
Oct. 26, 2020 • ~6 min

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