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STUDIES have shown that fragments of some human tumours and tissues can be maintained or grown in mice with deficient cell-mediated immunity1,2. Application of this technique to hormone-producing tumours could enable the study of factors affecting hormone secretion and mechanism of hormone action. Also it might offer a cumulative collection of tissue for extraction of hormone.
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CASTRO, J., ZANELLI, J. Human Parathyroid Adenomata maintained in Immunosuppressed Mice. Nature New Biology 245, 51 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio245051a0
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