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Argonne Cancer Research Hospital Semiannual Report on Medical Research to the Atomic Energy Commission

Description: Progress in radiobiology and caneer research is reported. Topics covered include: comparison of the effects of isologous, homologous, and heterologous hematopoietic tissues on post-irradiation survival; survival of transfused blood in rats; erythropoietic response to erythropoietin; inhibition of erythropoiesis by estrogens; tryptophan metabolism; effect of daily exposure to l5-r gamma radiation on susceptibility of mice to experinrental infection; restorailon of serum bactericidal activity and… more
Date: March 1, 1961
Creator: Jacobson, Leon O.
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Argonne Cancer Research Hospital Semiannual Report on Medical Research to the Atomic Energy Commission

Description: Progress is reported in the following studies: carbohydrate metabolism in human erythrocytes; the development of a system of electron therapy employing a linear electron accelerator and an electromagnetic beann deflector; the capacity of progesterone to inhibit the sodium-retaining influence of aldosterone and desoxycorticosterone; use of tritium-labeled cholesterol in measuring the lability of cholesterol in human atherosclerotic plaques; the capacity of a number of steroid hormone metabelites… more
Date: September 1, 1959
Creator: Jacobson, Leon O.
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