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Homology between RNA from Human Malignant Breast Tissue and DNA synthesized by Milk Particles

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THERE have been several recent investigations implicating a possible viral aetiology of human breast cancer1–8. We report here a malignant human breast tumour containing polysomal RNA that has sequences homologous with DNA products of reverse transcriptase from human milk particle isolates.

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  1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, 5

    M. R. DAS & E. SADASIVAN

  2. Cancer Research Institute, Parel, Bombay, 12

    R. KOSHY, A. B. VAIDYA & SATYAVATI M. SIRSAT

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DAS, M., SADASIVAN, E., KOSHY, R. et al. Homology between RNA from Human Malignant Breast Tissue and DNA synthesized by Milk Particles. Nature New Biology 239, 92–95 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio239092a0

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