Tackling cell protein may 'stop skin cancer in its tracks'

SCIENTISTS have discovered a protein that acts like a "suit of armour" for skin cancer cells, in a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments.

- By Hanna Geissler Health Editor

More than 21,300 cases of melanoma are expected to be diagnosed this year, 22% up from 2023, and the disease claims 2,300 lives annually.

Normally, healthy cells are vulnerable to a process called oxidative stress, a kind of internal "rusting" that damages and destroys them.