In major breakthrough, researchers from the University of Dana-Farber Institute, at Harvard University in Massachusetts, have found a protein called; p53 that they believe could help protect against skin cancer along with tanning your skin.
Actually, protein p53 is activated when the sun’s ultraviolet rays damage DNA. As a result, alpha-MSH (a hormone that makes the pigment melanin) is produced, which assists in the tanning of skin.
I see this finding as a significant one because it raises hope of better treatment for patients with melanoma skin cancer, the fastest-increasing form of cancer in the world. Moreover, it provides researchers with a strong base upon which they may find way to tan skin without the use of the Sun or artificially made products.
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Via: IT wire
