Fat gene 'linked with skin cancer' (BBC News Online, 4 March 2013)

04 Mar 2013


A genome-wide association study by the international GenoMEL consortium, published in Nature Genetics, reveals a link between melanoma and certain variants of the FTO gene occurring outside of the region associated with BMI.

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