Human tumor xenografts: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 882-884

  Morgan, Richard A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CELL EXPANSION; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84860540820     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2012.73     Document Type: Note

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