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Photodynamic Action of Carcinogenic Agents

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IN a recent communication1, we described the photosensitization of white mice by four carcinogenic agents. Since then we have sought other ways of demonstrating this reaction quickly, and have found that Paramecium is an excellent test object.

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  1. NATURE, 140, 588 (Oct. 2, 1937).

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MOTTRAM, J., DONIACH, I. Photodynamic Action of Carcinogenic Agents. Nature 140, 933–934 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140933b0

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