Chengyu Liang: Melanomas and the UV-protector Gene

Chengyu Liang is a world-renowned researcher with almost 17,000 citations. Her research explores basic mechanisms underlying fundamental cellular processes in the development of cancer and infectious disease. In short, Dr Liang is working to understand how to prevent melenomas (skin cancer) - work which has huge implications on the overall goal of defeating cancers. This podcast aims to take Dr Liang's complex research and break it down in to bitesize chunks that you can understand at home. Listen in as we explore the role of melanin in protecting against cancer, the difficulty in establishing risk-factors, and why the issue of skin-cancer doesn't gain as much publicity as it should. Enjoy!

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Chengyu Liang: Melanomas and the UV-protector Gene is an episode from The Scientistt Podcast by Scientistt.

This episode is 00:27:44 long.

This episode was published on Apr 7, 2021.

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