In mice, the team has succeeded in making the IL - 2 gene switch on in melanoma cells. (newscientist.com)
An international team of researchers has developed a novel compound that successfully inhibits growth of melanoma cells by targeting specific epigenetic modifying proteins in these cells. (sciencedaily.com)
To test their hypothesis, the researchers carried out experiments on human melanoma cells, a line of cancer cells they chose for their ability to grow easily and quickly. (sciencedaily.com)