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IN the course of experiments on hormonal influences upon tissue cultures of normal and malignant mammary tissue, a difficulty was encountered that in the common tissue culture and organ culture methods1 the duct systems are cut or disturbed by other means, resulting in wound-healing reactions of the epithelium. These reactions may interfere with the normal reactions of the epithelium to hormonal stimuli.
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PROP, F. Organ Cultures of Total Mammary Glands of the Mouse. Nature 184, 379–380 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184379a0
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