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PASSIVE transfer of transplantation immunity has never been successfully achieved in a simple way. Previous demonstrations of passive transfer have either employed special techniques giving results which are difficult to interpret1,2, or else the nature of the immunity has been in doubt3. Here is reported a simple procedure for passively transferring transplantation immunity to a tumour.
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MITCHISON, N. Passive Transfer of Transplantation Immunity. Nature 171, 267–268 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171267b0
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