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THIS report maintains the high standard of its predecessors. It contains ten separate papers, most of which are reprints. Some of these deal with the behaviour and character of cells already cancerous, while a second group deals with the changes which the cells undergo in becoming cancerous. Of peculiar interest and importance is the paper by Dr. A. H. Drew on the growth and differentiation in tissue cultures, for he clearly shows that when cultivated free from connective-tissue elements, tissues and tumours grow as undifferentiated sheets. If, however, connective tissue be added to such growths, differentiation sets in. The connective tissue may be derived from any organ. Thus, the presence of connective tissue from heart will cause the formation of acini in a mammary cancer or the formation of tubules in cultures of kidney. These remarkable results constitute a definite and important advance in our knowledge of the biology of the cancer cell.
Eighth Scientific Report on the Investigations of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.
Pp. vi + 142 + 62 plates. (London: Taylor and Francis, 1923.) 20s.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 113, 233 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113233b0
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