Tuesday, November 1, 2011

1. What causes melanomas to turn black?

Answer: The melanoma tumor has the beginning in the melanocytes ( how we learned ...cyte = ...cell ) so this are melanocells. The brown or black color comes from these cells, which often just don't stop to produce melanin ( melanin is the reason for our usually skin color). 

Lennart Simon
http://www.metrohealth.org/body.cfm?id=1636

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