<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.5pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;">Australian scientists have developed a blood test to detect melanoma in its early stages. The research published in the journal Oncotarget </span>said,<span style="color: #222222; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"> the test is designed to make it easier to spot the skin cancer before it becomes fatal. Researchers said the blood test could provide more accurate results than the human eye, and save many lives. Developed by scientists at Edith Cowan University, the test picks up melanoma by recognising auto-antibodies produced by the body to combat </span>the cancer's<span style="color: #222222; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"> early growth. Currently, doctors rely on skin examinations and biopsies to detect melanoma, which can spread quickly.</span></p>”<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 16.5pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in">Malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, is mainly caused by exposure to UV radiation. It often starts with a change in a mole or a new growth on skin. According to the World Health Organization, Melanoma accounts for the most skin cancer-related deaths, and is one of the most common cancers for young people.</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;mso-hansi-font-family:calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:en-in"><o:p /></span></p>