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Record Nr.

UNINA9911020226903321

Titolo

Ciba Foundation symposium on leukmia research / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Margaret P. Cameron ; assisted by Joan Etherington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Little, Brown, 1954

ISBN

9786613679239

9781280768460

1280768460

9780470718902

0470718900

9780470716335

0470716339

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.878

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

CameronMargaret P

Disciplina

616.15

Soggetti

Leukemia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With 56 illustrations."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

LEUKEMIA RESEARCH; CONTENTS; Chairman's Opening Remarks; On leukemia research; Therapeutic correlation between mouse and human leukemia; The shortcomings of animal research in leukemia; Discussion; The concept of conditioned and autonomous neoplasms; Discussion; The method of quantitative determination of fowl leukemia virus; Studies on the endocellular distribution of the transmissible fowl leukemia virus; Discussion; Some experimental observations on a strain of transmissible aleukemic leukemia (RPL 12 lymphoid tumour); Discussion

Transmissible mouse leukemia: biological properties of the mouse leukemia agent Discussion; The phenomena of resistance and dependence in leukemic cells; Discussion; Leukemic forms of the Murray-Begg endothelioma; Discussion; Respective values of electron and phase-contrast microscopy in the study of the leukemic cell; Discussion; Induction of leukemia by ionizing irradiation; Discussion;



Studies on the modification of radiation injury; Discussion; The role of bone marrow and spleen in induced and spontaneous lymphatic leukemia; Discussion

Experimental and clinical aspects of the action of various carboxylic acid derivatives in the aromatic nitrogen mustard series Clinical experience with Myleran therapy, especially in myeloid leukemia; Discussion; A new colchicine derivative (Demecolcin CIBA) as a cytostatic agent in myelogenous leukemia; Discussion; The effect of 1 : 3-bis (ethyleneimino sulphonyl) propane in animal tumours and human leukemia; Discussion; The growth-inhibiting action of mitotic poisons in experimental and human leukemias; Discussion; The designing of selective drugs; Discussion

General Discussion-Where do we go from here? New ideas for research on leukemia

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.