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Referee's report by Rudolph Albert Peters, on a paper 'The effect of hypoxanthine on the growth of an avian tissue in vitro' by Frederick Gowland Hopkins and Irmelin Simon-Reuss

Reference number: RR/68/483

Date: 1944

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Wonders if some of the figures are entirely necessary.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

No received date.

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RR/68/483
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1944
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Rudolph Albert Peters, Referee's report by Rudolph Albert Peters, on a paper 'The effect of hypoxanthine on the growth of an avian tissue in vitro' by Frederick Gowland Hopkins and Irmelin Simon-Reuss, 1944, RR/68/483, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_483/referees-report-by-rudolph-albert-peters-on-a-paper-the-effect-of-hypoxanthine-on-the-growth-of-an-avian-tissue-in-vitro-by-frederick-gowland-hopkins-and-irmelin-simon-reuss, accessed on 18 May 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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