Abstract
KOSAKI et al.1–3 have recently reported the isolation of a new specific phospholipid, malignolipin, from malignant human and experimental tumours. They have described its role as a promoter of carcinogenesis4 and have claimed to have evolved a histological test for the identification of malignolipin5 and a diagnostic test for cancer6,7 based on the detection of this phospholipid in blood. Anti-malignolipin sera have been reported8 to reduce the viability of Yoshida sarcoma cells in vitro. These results await confirmation from other laboratories. The following therefore represents an attempt at isolating malignolipin from malignant tumours.
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KAMAT, V. Malignolipin and Malignant Tumours. Nature 196, 1206 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1961206a0
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