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Ribonuclease and Deoxyribonuclease Activities during Normal and Neoplastic Growth

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A RELATIONSHIP has been repeatedly demonstrated between the rate of growth of a tissue and its ribonuclease (RNase) and deoxyribonuclease (DNase) activities1–4.

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    SAM BRODY & M. EARL BALIS

  2. Department of Women's Diseases, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm, 60, Sweden

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BRODY, S., BALIS, M. Ribonuclease and Deoxyribonuclease Activities during Normal and Neoplastic Growth. Nature 182, 940–941 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182940b0

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