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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144849903321

Autore

Symposium CIBA Foundation

Titolo

Tumour Viruses of Murine Origin [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009

ISBN

1-280-58925-6

9786613619082

0-470-71927-3

0-470-71678-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (456 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.953

Disciplina

616.99

616.994

Soggetti

Cancer

Cell Membrane -- physiology

Virology -- Congresses

Medicine

Health & Biological Sciences

Oncology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TUMOUR VIRUSES OF MURINE ORIGIN; CONTENTS; Address of Welcome; Chairman's opening remarks; Morphology of oncogenic and non-oncogenic mouse viruses; Discussion; Biological assay and serial passage of the mouse mammary tumour agent in mammary tumours from mothers and their hybrid progeny; Discussion; Strain differences in the mammary tumour-inducing virus as detected by the characters and behaviour of neoplasms; Discussion; On the identification and characterization of the milk agent; Discussion; Observations and thoughts on tumour viruses; Discussion; General Discussion

Studies on pathogenic properties and natural transmission of a mouse leukemia virus Discussion; New investigations on the Friend disease; Discussion; The incidence and classification of spontaneous malignant diseases of the haematopoietic system in Swiss mice; Discussion; The



possible rôle of a subcellular leukemogenic agent in homologous transplantation of mouse leukemic tissue, and the attempted passage of such an agent through tissue cultures; Discussion; Leukemogenesis in AKR mice; Discussion; Rôle of the thymus in virus-induced leukemia; Discussion

The process of viral carcinogenesis in the hamster kidney with the polyoma virus Discussion; Tumours in polyoma-virus-immunized mice; Discussion; Mouse polyoma virus in a rural ecology; Discussion; The properties of Mill Hill polyoma virus (MHP); Discussion; Studies on transformation by polyoma virus in vitro; Discussion; The in vitro analysis of malignancy induced by polyoma virus; Discussion; Group discussion in summary of the symposium and on prospects for further research; Group discussion-addendum on the relevance of the proceedings to cancer causation in man; Chairman's closing remarks

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