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A HYPOTHESIS of tumour formation based on the catalase–hydrogen peroxide mechanism in living cells was published recently1 following observations on abnormalities occurring in aerobic and anaerobic bacteria due to certain respiratory irregularities2. If this hypothesis be correct, then a logical assumption is that agents which inactivate catalase or produce hydrogen peroxide (or free radicals) should have a detrimental effect on tumours.
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HOLMAN, R. A Method of destroying a Malignant Rat Tumour in vivo . Nature 179, 1033 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791033a0
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