UNC and NC State researchers discover skin patch to potentially battle melanoma
UNC and N.C. State researchers developed a skin patch that can potentially battle melanoma using a melanin-enhanced cancer immunotherapy technique. The team of scientists — led by Zhen Gu, assistant professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC and NCSU — was able to trigger naturally-occurring melanin to boost an immune response against skin cancer cells in mice.