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NONSPECIFIC stimulation of the reticulo-endothelial system and resistance against tumorigenesis are produced by injection of attenuated Mycobacterium bovis (BCG). Biozzi et al.1 demonstrated resistance to Ehrlich's ascites tumour in BCG-immune mice and Halpern et al.2 showed that such immunization effected control of T-8 tumours in rats. Further, at least partial control of other tumours3–6 has been effected by this procedure in mice and hamsters.
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LARSON, C., USHIJIMA, R., FLOREY, M. et al. Effect of BCG on Friend Disease Virus in Mice. Nature New Biology 229, 243–244 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio229243a0
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