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IT has been shown by Gross and others1 that filtrates of leukæmic tissues are leukæmogenic following injection into new-born mice of a low-leukæmic strain, and that total thymectomy prevents the development of lymphocytic leukæmia in inoculated mice2. On the other hand, normal thymuses grafted to inoculated thymectomized hosts as late as 6 months after thymectomy develop lymphocytic neoplasms3. It follows, therefore, that a leukæmogenic agent might be recoverable from the tissues of inoculated mice up to 6 months or more after thymectomy.
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MILLER, J. Recovery of Leukæmogenic Agent from Non-Leukæmic Tissues of Thymectomized Mice. Nature 187, 703 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187703a0
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