"The Journal of Experimental Medicine" rejects our paper

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The Journal of Experimental Medicine rejects our paper

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101. Theodore Puck	49	01:50
102. Theodore Puck confirms my observations	43	04:04
103. Demonstrating that our cultured cells were normal	49	02:23
104. Fulfilling Koch's postulates	54	03:16
105. Ageing as an interpretation for the non-proliferation of cells in...	62	02:07
106. Our paper in the Journal of Experimental Medicine	48	03:59
107. The Journal of Experimental Medicine rejects our paper	58	01:02
108. Francis Peyton Rous' review of our paper	77	01:59
109. Our article is published in Experimental Cell Research	67	01:23
110. Dangers surrounding the use of cultured monkey kidney cells	72	02:38

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The paper was written, Hilary wrote the covering letter, submitted it to the Journal of Experimental Medicine and we waited several months. My recollection is that we waited about six months before we received – or, I should say Hilary received – the letter which, of course, was given to Paul and me. I still have the original letter.

The original letter went something along these lines: 'We apologise for the long delay in reviewing this paper occasioned by spring meetings' – meaning scientific meetings which these editors apparently attended – 'but we find the paper unacceptable for the following reasons.' And, although I can't quote the entire letter with accuracy, I think I can quote the salient two or three sentences.

Leonard Hayflick (b. 1928), the recipient of several research prizes and awards, including the 1991 Sandoz Prize for Gerontological Research, is known for his research in cell biology, virus vaccine development, and mycoplasmology. He also has studied the ageing process for more than thirty years. Hayflick is known for discovering that human cells divide for a limited number of times in vitro (refuting the contention by Alexis Carrel that normal body cells are immortal), which is known as the Hayflick limit, as well as developing the first normal human diploid cell strains for studies on human ageing and for research use throughout the world. He also made the first oral polio vaccine produced in a continuously propogated cell strain - work which contributed to significant virus vaccine development.

Title: "The Journal of Experimental Medicine" rejects our paper

Listeners: Christopher Sykes

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Tags: Journal of Experimental Medicine, Hilary Koprowski, Paul Moorhead

Duration: 1 minute, 2 seconds

Date story recorded: July 2011

Date story went live: 08 August 2012