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Evidence for a Humoral Thymus Factor Responsible for the Maturation of Immunological Faculty

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  1. DAVID OSOBA

    Present address: Department of Hæmatology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, 9, Canada

  2. DAVID OSOBA: Fellow of the Canadian Cancer Society

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  1. Chester Beatty Research Institute, Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, Fulham Road, London, S.W.3

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OSOBA, D., MILLER, J. Evidence for a Humoral Thymus Factor Responsible for the Maturation of Immunological Faculty. Nature 199, 653–654 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199653a0

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