Palm (Philadelphia, Pa.), Petrakis (San Francisco, Cal.). Sato (Waltham, Mass.), Schultz 

 (Fox Chase, Pa.), Silvers (Philadelphia, Pa.), Steinberg (Baltimore, Md.), Stevenson (Bethesda, 

 Md.). Svoboda (Praque), Wecker (Philadelphia, Pa.). 



36. CELLULAR CONTROL MECHANIMS AND CANCER 



1964 

 Editors: P. Emmelot and O. Miihlbock Elsevier Publishing Company 



398 pp., 89 figs., 45 tbs. Amsterdam-London-New York 



Price: 110 s. 



This book contains the proceedings of a conference held in Amsterdam in 

 September 1963 on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Netherlands 

 Cancer Institute. Leading scientists in the fields of normal cell biology and 

 cancer were invited to present general reviews, latest results and discussions 

 around the problem of cellular control mechanisms and their bearing on the 

 cancer problem. 



The conference was divided into seven half-day sessions: one on genetic 

 control of protein synthesis (5 papers), one on mechanisms of cellular differ- 

 entiation (3 papers), one on growth regulation (5 papers), two on structure and 

 function of tumour cells (10 papers), and two on carcinogenic agents (12 

 papers). Each group of papers is followed by a group discussion. 



All papers are followed by a list of references. The book is well printed and 

 illustrated and provided with an extensive subject index. 



Contributors: Antoni (Budapest), Arky (Budapest), Baldwin (Nottingham), Barker (Notting- 

 ham), Barski (Villejuif), Beale (Edinburgh), Berenblum (Rehovoth), Boer (Villejuif), Bomer 

 (Tubingen), Boyland (London), Braun (Madison, Wise), Bryan (Bethesda, Md.), Bullough 

 (London), Chieco-Bianchi (Bari), Claude (Brussels), Dalton (Bethesda, Md.), Daniel (Madison, 

 Wise), De Benedictis (Bari), Delia Porta (Milano), De Maeyer (Louvain), De Maeyer- 

 Guignard (Louvain), Emmelot (Amsterdam), Feldman (Rehovoth), Fiore-Donati (Bari), 

 Foulds (London), Friedrich-Freksa (Tiibingen), Globerson (Rehovoth), Gros (Paris), Gullino 

 (Bethesda. Md.), Harel, J. (Villejuif), Harel, L. (Villejuif), Hidvegi (Budapest), Howatson 

 (Toronto), Imbenotte (Villjuif), Jacob (Paris), Kaplan (Palo Alto, Calif.), Klein (Stockholm), 

 Koller (London), Lacour (Villejuif), Lanka (Tiibingen), Latarjet (Paris), Lyons (New York, 

 N.Y.), Magee (Carshalton), Mittermayer (Madison, Wise), Moore (New York, N.Y.), 

 Partridge (Nottingham), Potter (Madison, Wise), Riman (Prague), Rosenberg (New York, 

 N.Y.), Rusch (Madison, Wise), Sachensenmaier (Madison, Wise), Seifert (Prague), Sorm 

 (Prague), Siiss (Tiibingen), Thorell (Stockholm), Umbarger (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), 

 Varteresz (Budapest), Weisburger (Bethesda, Md.), Williams-Ashman (Chicago, 111.), Yaffe 

 (Rehovoth). 



37. THE THYMUS IN IMMUNOBIOLOGY 



Structure, function, and role in disease 

 1964 



Editors: R. A. Good and A. E. Gabrielsen Harper & Row 



778 pp., 351 figs., 90 tbs. New York - Evanston - London 



Price: 150 s. 



The reason why this book is announced here is that it has become evident in 

 recent years that the thymus plays an important role in the developmental 

 biology of the later stages of ontogenesis. The thymus, its analogue, the bursa 

 of Fabricius in birds, and probably other gut-associated lymphoid tissues as 

 well, contribute in a major way to the maturation and immunological capacity 

 of the rest of the lymphoid tissue. 



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