London: In a study, scientists have found that air pollution can cause lung cancer by activating dormant cells in human lungs.Y Is.
According to research, breathing in toxic fumes from cars and buses for just three years can reactivate dormant cells.
In a study published in the journal Nature, scientists said that the results of the research help to understand why non-smokers suffer from lung cancer. Can help prevent this condition from developing inside our body.
Lead researcher Professor Charles Swinton, from the Francis Kirk Institute, University College London and Cancer Research UK, said the study has completely changed the way we look at lung cancer in non-smokers.
Cells that have cancer-causing changes accumulate with age but are generally inactive, he added.
He said that the scientists demonstrated in the research that air pollution activates these cells in the lungs and which grow into cancerous tumors.
Charles Swinton said that the mechanism identified could help prevent and treat lung cancer in non-smokers.
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