Studies in mice suggest that tumour growth is triggered by inflammation caused by tiny particles, rather than genetic mutations.
Air pollution from vehicles and other sources is associated with millions of deaths every year.Credit: The Image Bank/Getty
Air pollution could cause lung cancer not by mutating DNA, but by creating an inflamed environment that encourages proliferation of cells with existing cancer-driving mutations, according to a sweeping study of human health data and experiments in laboratory mice.
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