Scientists Identify Weak Point in Deadly Eye Melanoma (IMAGE)

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Scientists Identify Weak Point in Deadly Eye Melanoma

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Uveal melanoma, the large green mass pictured, is a cancer of the eye that has no targeted therapies. A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that a natural plant compound shuts down uveal melanoma cell growth in human tumor cells grown in the lab.

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P. Kumar Rao

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