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Referee's report by James Alexander Murray, on a paper 'On the effects of beta rays from radium upon division and growth of cancer cells' by J C Mottram, G M Scott, Sidney Russ and Alfred William Porter

Reference number: RR/34/70

Date: 22 March 1926

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Remarks on the experimental method, and proposes changes for a more decisive result.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' B, 1926]

Endorsed on verso as received 23 March 1926.

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RR/34/70
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22 March 1926
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James Alexander Murray, Referee's report by James Alexander Murray, on a paper 'On the effects of beta rays from radium upon division and growth of cancer cells' by J C Mottram, G M Scott, Sidney Russ and Alfred William Porter, 22 March 1926, RR/34/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_34_70/referees-report-by-james-alexander-murray-on-a-paper-on-the-effects-of-beta-rays-from-radium-upon-division-and-growth-of-cancer-cells-by-j-c-mottram-g-m-scott-sidney-russ-and-alfred-william-porter, accessed on 18 March 2025

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