Recently, nuclear cap‐binding proteins were implicated in abiotic stress‐responses in plants, mediating cessation of metabolic activity as a response to environmental deprivation.17, 18 One report showed that gene‐silencing of a member of the NCBP family, NCBP1, resulted in growth inhibition in HeLa cells.11 However, little is known about what role, if any, NCBP1 plays in stimulating growth and proliferation, such as that seen in cancer. This evidence concerns the gene NCBP1 and cancer.