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Suppression of Graft versus Host Reaction by Mitomycin C

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AT present there is no adequate therapy for human diseases of immunological deficiency. Immunological reconstitution of children suffering from congenital thymic dysplasia has been attempted using allogeneic lymphoid tissues from pre- or postnatal donors, but these efforts remained unsuccessful1,2, or were followed by a fatal reaction of the graft against the host3.

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MEUWISSEN, H., GOOD, R. Suppression of Graft versus Host Reaction by Mitomycin C. Nature 215, 634–635 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215634a0

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