1909-1991 · Researcher credited with the 1953 observation that guinea pig serum makes transplanted mouse lymphomas regress
J. G. Kidd
Author of two 1953 Journal of Experimental Medicine papers on regression of transplanted lymphomas after injections of normal guinea pig serum. A 2014 history credits him with the finding and gives his dates as 1909 to 1991; the sources read give only his initials.
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KIDD JG. Regression of transplanted lymphomas induced in vivo by means of normal guinea pig serum. I. Course of transplanted cancers of various kinds in mice and rats given guinea pig serum, horse serum, or rabbit serum. J Exp Med. 1953;98(6):565-82.
KIDD JG. Regression of transplanted lymphomas induced in vivo by means of normal guinea pig serum. II. Studies on the nature of the active serum constituent: histological mechanism of the regression: tests for effects of guinea pig serum on lymphoma cells in vitro: discussion. J Exp Med. 1953;98(6):583-606.
Seeman P. Discovery of why acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cells are killed by asparaginase: Adventures of a young post-doctoral student, Bertha K Madras. J Med Biogr. 2014;22(2):90-2.