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Tumour Inhibition with Extracts of Urine

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FROM time to time, various investigators have reported upon growth-inhibiting and growth-stimulating properties of extracts of urine1. The investigations outlined below are being conducted in relation to the extract known as H.11, and it is with the former of these that we are concerned, although we have noted the presence of the latter.

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WILLIAMS, J., WALTERS, C. Tumour Inhibition with Extracts of Urine. Nature 159, 503–504 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159503a0

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