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Withdrawal of Inhibition of Mitosis as a Mechanism influencing Normal and Pathological Growth

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EXPERIMENTAL evidence has recently been given1 of the likelihood that wound-healing occurs not from the stimulation of wound hormones directly, as has been thought for many years, but by the withdrawal of inhibiting influences as a result of cell damage.

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HEMINGWAY, J. Withdrawal of Inhibition of Mitosis as a Mechanism influencing Normal and Pathological Growth. Nature 185, 106–107 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185106a0

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