Common Cold May Hold Key to Skin Cancer Treatment (VOA News) at http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=6F49BB45-ECEF-4ED5-8DC5CF94E494DDEF Excerpt: " Australian researchers say the common cold may hold the key to curing a deadly form of skin cancer. The scientists say that when a virus that causes colds is injected into malignant melanoma cells, it destroys them. One of the researchers from the University of Newcastle, Darren Shafren, says they are very excited about what he calls a significant break through in the development of a treatment for melanoma." Catch a cold, cure your skin cancer, Aussie scientists say (AFP) at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1508&ncid=751&e=11&u=/afp/20040107/hl_afp/australia_health_cancer Excerpt: "The common cold virus most people try their hardest to avoid is very likely to be the cure for malignant melanoma, Australian scientists have discovered in a major breakthrough announced here. A team of researchers at the University of Newcastle believe they have made an exciting discovery in the treatment of the usually deadly skin cancer of which Australia, with its hot sun, has the highest rate in the world for its fair-skinned populace."