The approaching summers are shifting the focus to the dreaded disease: skin cancer and related issues. This could invite various preventive measures from circulating around the country.

It is believed by researchers that if they are able to find how kangaroos repair their DNA then it could prove to be the key to preventing skin cancer.

Melbourne University researchers Dr Linda Feketeova and Dr Uta Wille together joined hands with Australian scientists from the University of Innsbruck to find ways to reduce skin cancer-related cases.

The team is investigating a DNA repair enzyme which is present in kangaroos as well as many other organisms except humans. This repairs DNA damage which is linked to skin cancer.
 
Dr Feketeova said, “As summer approaches, excessive exposure to the sun's harmful UV light will see more than 400,000 Australians diagnosed with skin cancer, other research teams have proposed a 'dream cream' containing the DNA repair enzyme which you could slap on your skin after a day in the sun.”

He also said, “We are now examining whether this would be feasible by looking at the chemistry behind the (kangaroo) DNA system.”