Melanoma Spread May Be Averted with Repurposed Leukemia Drugs

At the University of Kentucky, scientists have identified a molecular mechanism behind the spread of melanoma. Better, the scientists say that interfering with the mechanism could prevent nonmetastatic melanoma from becoming highly aggressive metastatic melanoma. Better still, the scientists point out that the mechanism could be inhibited by drugs that already exist. These drugs, which are called Abl and Arg inhibitors, have been used for decades against leukemia, and they have the added benefit