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A Difference in Response of Normal and Tumour Tissue

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PREVIOUS papers have reported the effect of respiratory stimulating factors (RSF) prepared from yeast on the respiration of liver, skin and yeast1,2,3,4. The object of the research here reported was to investigate the effect of a crude sample of RSF on transplantable tumour tissue.

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CARROLL, M. A Difference in Response of Normal and Tumour Tissue. Nature 143, 684–685 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143684b0

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