Not every person with albinism is the same, even though they may look alike. It affects people of all races and ethnicities, with oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) affecting 1 in 20,000 people globally ...

Many of these challenges translate into various forms of discrimination, affecting their daily lives in significant ways. Albinism, a genetic condition characterised by a lack of melanin in the skin, ...

A team of Penn State geneticists is pursuing the answers to an age-old question of human biology: the genetic origin of fundamental variations in skin pigmentation between people of different ...

Melanoma is a potentially deadly form of skin cancer that effects people of every racial and ethnic group. The risk factor most closely linked to developing melanoma is exposure to ultraviolet, or UV, ...