Health Spotlight: preventing skin cancer

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A new development has been described as a protective tan in a tube.

Scientists say it may be a healthier way to sport a glow and protect a person’s skin at the same time.

As many as 97,000 Americans will develop melanoma this year, and almost 8,000 will die from it.

Scientists at the University of Cincinnati are developing a cream that will increase pigmentation in a person’s skin while repairing skin cells damaged by sun exposure.

Want to get a healthy tan, avoid wrinkles, and protect yourself from skin cancer at the same time? Researcher Dr. Zalfa Abdel-Malek, a doctor of dermatology and a professor at the University of Cincinnati, has spent the past 25 years determining the best way to do just that.

She said, “It all started with interest in understanding how normal human pigmentation is regulated.”

Abdel-Malek and her team focused on a receptor in skin cells...