According to the research done at Queen's University it has been seen that Melanoma can be slowed after addition of a gene called MicroRNA 193b is added.

The person behind the noble work Victor Tron, head of pathology and molecular medicine, stated that on addition of miR-193b it was seen that rate of cancer was slowed at once, the reason being deficiency of gene in melanoma tumors.

It was further added that miRNA-193b gene was present in people's DNA and remained concealed until 10 years ago.

Tron added: "Our experiment was a bit of a fishing expedition in the beginning. We thought 193b might be important but the fact we got such a tremendous reaction - the melanoma really slowed down when we added 193b - was really startling."

In actual process increased levels of miR-193b resulted in rise of melanoma cells that resulted in lowering of a well-known protein called cyclin D1, and thus regulating the melanoma cell growth. This is deemed to be the first step towards melanoma cure.