Acs Research - Theorylab

Skin doesn’t just keep your insides on the inside. It’s home to microbes that have a very important role in your health. Could modifying the skin microbiome affect the risk, severity, or onset of skin cancer? Dr. Julia Oh, an American Cancer Society grantee at Jackson Laboratory, is one of the leading voices in research into the role of the skin microbiome in cancer and other diseases. She talked about how the skin microbiome impacts cancer risk and progression. And she explained why she believes that, “through the microbiome there will be a new generation of preventative and treatment strategies for managing risk and also for improving treatment response.”