Showing posts with label medical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medical. Show all posts

10/4/06

Orangecicle

Many sun worshipers have changed their ways, choosing Mystic Tan over wrinkles and skin cancer. But spray-on tans can leave a disconcerting orangecicle hue.

Researchers at the University of Kentucky are perfecting a better option: a skin cream that stimulates the body's own tan-generating cells, producing the same bronzed results as a natural tan without the sun exposure.

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8/28/06

BBC NEWS | Health | Cancer cell 'executioner' found:
Scientists have developed a way of "executing" cancer cells.

Healthy cells have a built-in process which means they commit suicide if something is wrong, a process which fails in cancer cells.