Antimitotic Agents and Tumor Regression

Abstract

The selective action of nonantigenic tissue extracts on malignant cells was demonstrated using tissue culture techniques. The mitotic index of three strains of neoplastic cells was significantly reduced by the use of extracts which previously had proven effective in adversely affecting the development of spontaneous neoplasms. Under the same conditions the division rate of normal cells in tissue culture was not affected by the extracts. The malignant cells used were the Krebs 2, Sarcoma 180 and the L1210 leukemia. The normal cells were the L929 fibroblasts and epithelial-like cells from bone marrow and corneal tissue.