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IT has recently been reported that, in mice, the growth of an implanted mammary mouse carcinoma is inhibited if the host is given an irradiated live culture of Escherichia coli to drink1. This is so similar to the results of feeding-such animals with irradiated muscle or thymus tissue, or an aqueous extract of these tissues previously reported2, that it can be expected that there is a common factor. The experiments recorded here were made in an attempt to elucidate this peculiar phenomenon.
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PANNETT, C. Inhibition of the Growth of Implanted Mouse Carcinoma by an Irradiated Bacterial Culture. Nature 201, 404–405 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201404a0
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