Red alert about lipid's role in skin cancer

Ian J. Jackson () and E. Elizabeth Patton ()
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Ian J. Jackson: MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh
E. Elizabeth Patton: MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh

Nature, 2017, vol. 549, issue 7672, 337-339

Abstract: Some versions of the MC1R protein are associated with red hair and an increased risk of developing a skin cancer called melanoma. It emerges that a lipid that binds MC1R might provide a target to reduce this risk. See Letter p.399

Date: 2017
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