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NOVA1, a gene when inhibited or reduced, in turn, reduced or prevented human non-small cell lung cancer tumors from growing. The research appears online in iNature Communications/i.
When mice were injected with non-small cell lung cancer cells that contained the gene NOVA1, three of four mice formed tumors. When the mice were injected with cancer cells without NOVA1, three of four mice remained tumor-free.
The fourth developed a tumor, but it was very small compared to the mice with the ...