Controlling the cloning of skin cells can help reduce the risk of skin cancer

, June 9 (Xinhua Guo Yang) A study led by the University of Queensland in Australia found that controlling the cloning of skin cells through sun protection and other methods can help reduce the incidence of skin cancer.
Huang Keyi, a senior researcher at the University of Queensland's Diamantina Institute, told Xinhua that to better understand the effects of UV exposure on the initial stages of skin cancer, the team used genetic engineering to add fluorescent markers to skin skin skin stem cells in laboratory mice and track cell growth, degradation and cancer under UV exposure. It was found that the cloning ability of the skin cells around the hair follicles was the strongest and the most likely to lead to skin cancer.
, who led the study, said the study found that once ultraviolet radiation was stopped, colored plaques formed by cell proliferation beed smaller, highlighting the importance of sun protection.
, one of the study's researchers, said that while surgical treatment is effective for skin cancer, there is no guarantee that the same area of the patient's skin will not develop cancer later. In addition to sun protection, chemotherapy can also reduce the size of cell proliferation areas, thereby reducing the incidence of skin cancer.
related research papers have recently been published in the American Journal of Cell Reports.