Air pollution ‘wakes up’ cancer cells in non-smokers’ lungs: study | New York Post
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Air pollution can cause lung cancer without mutating cells, a new study found.
Published Wednesday in the journal Nature, the study analyzed the presence of lung cancer in non-smokers, using mice as test subjects.
The researchers found that, instead of causing mutations, the exposure to pollution resulted in inflammation which fostered tumor growth in tissue with existing mutations.
Typically inactive, the cancer-causing mutations naturally accumulate as time goes on, according to professor Charles Swanton, of London’s Francis Crick Institute, one of the study authors.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/04/05/air-pollution-wakes-up-cancer-cells-in-the-lungs-study/
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