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Action of Ribonuclease on Certain Ascites Tumours

Nature volume 175, pages 258–259 (1955)Cite this article

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PREVIOUS papers1 have described the action of ribonuclease on the cells of the Ehrlich. carcinoma in vitro, and the object of the present communication is briefly to record results obtained in vivo, following the administration of ribonuclease to animals bearing various ascites tumours. These experiments involved three hundred animals carrying the Ehrlich or Krebs mouse carcinomata, or the Walker rat carcinoma 256.

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  1. Chester Beatty Research Institute, Royal Cancer Hospital, Fulham Road, London, S.W.3.

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LEDOUX, L. Action of Ribonuclease on Certain Ascites Tumours. Nature 175, 258–259 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175258b0

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