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A polymorphonuclear white blood cell with small particle-containing cytoplasm

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  • The hormone, called granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF), was already known to boost production of white blood cells.
  • Neonatal specialists have increasingly been using a protein known as granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in the hope of increasing white blood...
  • The patient-specific vaccine, which was injected eight times over five months, was designed to stimulate the patient's immune system and included an immune stimulator called...
  • It is now known to be caused by a defect in a gene on chromosome 1 (in 1p35-p34. 3) that codes for what is called the granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor (GCSFR
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