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Trends in Carcinogenesis by Urethan Administration to New-born Mice of Different Strains

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NEW-BORN mice constitute a very sensitive and unique biological system for detecting the neoplastic potentialities of viruses when they are injected with extracts of tumour tissues1–3.

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  1. NATHAN TRAININ

    Present address: Department of Experimental Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth, Israel

  2. ALFREDO PRECERUTTI

    Present address: Instituto Nacional de la Salud, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  3. NATHAN TRAININ: Eleanor Roosevelt International Cancer Fellow, 1962/63.

  4. ALFREDO PRECERUTTI: Lederle International Fellow, 1961/62.

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    NATHAN TRAININ, ALFREDO PRECERUTTI & LLOYD W. LAW

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TRAININ, N., PRECERUTTI, A. & LAW, L. Trends in Carcinogenesis by Urethan Administration to New-born Mice of Different Strains. Nature 202, 305–306 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202305a0

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