Too much UV radiation from sun exposure causes normal skin cells to become abnormal. These abnormal cells quickly grow out of control and attack the tissues around them. You can get melanoma by ...

Skin cancer is a disease caused by abnormal (not normal) cells growing in the tissue of your skin. These cells can cause a tumor to form. It’s the most common kind of cancer. If skin cancer is found ...

More information: Heehwa G. Son et al, Commensal papillomavirus immunity preserves the homeostasis of highly mutated normal skin, Cancer Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.11.013 ...

When exposed to red light, treated cancer cells showed extensive death, while normal skin cells were largely unaffected. Further experiments confirmed that the nanomachine produced more reactive ...