Healthcare Traveler - August 2008 - (Page 38) Clinical Highlights Protein pair explains melanoma formation Photo: DR. Kenneth Greer, Visuals Unlimited/Getty Images RESEARCH FOR TIME- CRUNCHED CLINICIANS M oles require the presence of two specific proteins to become dangerous melanomas, according to researchers at the Penn State College of Medicine Cancer Institute. But the exact method by which moles become melanomas—the deadliest skin cancer, due to its swift metastasis—has remained unknown. RN Corner Clinical Highlights… Drug Update… 38 40 Two interacting proteins produced by mutated genes may hold the answer. Mutated B-Raf genes make a protein that can facilitate mole growth and survival. The Penn State team discovered that another gene, Akt3, makes a second protein that allows cancer development by lowering B-Raf ’s melanoma-preventing activity in mole tissue. The proteins communicate only when among melanoma cells, although it’s still unclear how they initially get together within moles. Potential benefits of this discovery include earlier melanoma detection through blood testing for these proteins, and more personalized cancer treatment via drugs that would target Atk3 and control tumors with less patient toxicity. Eurekalert.org. “Scientists identify interacting proteins key to melanoma development.” 2008. www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/ ps-sii050608.php (9 May 2008). Filtration system screens tuberculosis during surgery R ising tuberculosis (TB) rates have made operations on infected patients more common. The safety of OR personnel from TB infection depends on reliable high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration. A study in the May 2008 issue of the American Journal of Infection Control compares traditional freestanding HEPA units with portable anteroom system–HEPA Circle Career Card No. 617 38 Healthcare Traveler August 2008 www.healthcaretraveler.com http://Eurekalert.org http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/ps-sii050608.php http://hsntraveler.com http://hsntraveler.com http://www.healthcaretraveler.com
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