Scientists identify weak point in deadly eye melanoma

(Washington University School of Medicine) A natural plant compound exploits a newly identified Achilles' heel in a cancer of the eye, uveal melanoma. In human cancer cells growing in the lab, the compound shuts down the overactive signaling that drives uveal melanoma cell growth, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news