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CSF cancer treatment (CSIRO Australia)

A brief introduction to the use of CSFs as a replacement for bone marrow transplants. (Requires QuickTime to view the associated video.)
http://www.csiro.au/promos/ozadvances/Series6csfCancer.html

Colony stimulating factors – helping blood cells grow (Blood and Marrow Transplant Newsletter, USA)

Provides a good overview of CSFs and their use in bone marrow transplants.
http://www.bmtnews.org/newsletters/issue14/colony.html

Biological therapies: Using the immune system to treat cancer (National Cancer Institute, USA)

Summarises the types of immune cells then shows how biological therapies, including CSFs, can stimulate the immune system's natural anti-cancer function.
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cancernet/600072.html

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