SUN worshippers could soon be slapping on a cream that screens them for skin
cancer. Developed in Scotland, the cream makes tumour cells glow, allowing them
to be spotted by a very sensitive camera.
Australians have a 70 per cent chance of developing skin cancer in their
lifetime, and even the sun-starved British have a 15 per cent chance. The new
test, which was devised by a dermatologist at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee and
physicists from the universities of Glasgow and St Andrews, will make it easier
to catch skin cancer at an early, treatable stage.
The cream contains a…
