NF2 and neoplasm: A genetically well-defined group of low grade tumours are merlin-deficient tumours, and schwannomas have been used as a model for the group of tumours.26,56,57 It is unknown whether this drug is useful in schwannoma drug therapy, thus it is important to study the efficacy of ART in cell death induction of schwannomas as a model for merlin-deficient tumours and its role in cell death.