To confirm that these findings were due to STING KO, rather than an off-target effect, we performed genetic complementation experiments with STING over-expression in FaDu STING KO cells, and our results show that STING over-expression (Supplementary Fig. 1f) restored tumor cell sensitivity to ionizing radiation (Supplementary Fig. 1g). The gene discussed is STING1; the disease is neoplasm.