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Goldstein et al.1,2 have succeeded in isolating a hormone-like substance, thymosin, from the thymus which exhibits specific biological activity in vivo and in vitro3,4. It elicited lymphocytosis in neonatally thymectomized rats and significantly increased their growth rate and survival.
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MANDI, B., GLANT, T. Thymosin-producing Cells of the Thymus. Nature New Biology 246, 25 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio246025a0
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