NOMO1 is a candidate gene associated with glioma, early-onset colorectal cancer and facial asymmetry (Cao et al, 2018; Huang et al, 2017; Perea et al, 2017), and nomo1 mutation in zebrafish resulted in chondrodysplasia (Cao et al, 2018). Here, NOMO1 is linked to central nervous system cancer.