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Benjamin and Sluka1 first showed that X-radiation in sub-lethal doses could depress precipitin titres in rabbits when the radiation was given just before administration of the antigen, but that when the radiation was given after the antigen the precipitin titres were not depressed to the same extent. Since that time many workers have confirmed these observations (for review, see Taliaferro and Taliaferro2). With smaller doses of acute whole-body radiation, the results have been more conflicting, some workers claiming that antibody production could even be enhanced by small doses of X-rays. Very few, if any, observations have been made on the effect of continuous, as opposed to intermittent, radiation on antibody production.
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BENSTED, J. Hæmagglutinin Production in Pre-immunized Mice exposed to Continuous γ-Radiation. Nature 190, 99–100 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190099a0
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