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RECENT investigations have again indicated that the thymus produces a hormone which stimulates the lymphoid tissues of the body1. In 1956, Metcalf indicated that the plasma of patients with lymphatic leukaemia contained a lymphocytosis-stimulatmg factor2. Metcalf's investigations on the extract from thymic tissue, as well as the work of other research workers, link the thymus with leukaemia3,4.
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GRUTER, V., TRAPP, A. & SANGER, V. A Lymphocytosis-stimulating Substance in Mongoloid Plasma. Nature 207, 306 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/207306a0
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