THE LYMPHOCYTES IN NATURAL AND INDUCED RESISTANCE TO TRANSPLANTED CANCER : IV. EFFECT OF DRY HEAT ON RESISTANCE TO

J B Murphy1, E Sturm

  • 1Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

The marked and durable stimulation of the lymphoid elements induced by dry heat applied to the animal results in the establishment of a high degree of immunity to certain transplantable cancers in mice. This immunity is evident when the tumor used gives a low, as well as when it gives a high percentage of takes.