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On the Possibility of a Human Breast Cancer Virus

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Electron microscopy of human milk has made possible the classification of three groups of virus-like particles.

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SARKAR, N., MOORE, D. On the Possibility of a Human Breast Cancer Virus. Nature 236, 103–106 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/236103a0

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