Mouse granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) was first recognised and purified in Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia in 1983, and the human form was cloned by groups from Japan and Germany/United States in 1986.
O factor estimulante de colonias de granulocitos (G-CSF) de rato foi primeiramente recoñecido e purificado no Walter and Eliza Hall Institute de Australia en 1983, e a forma humana foi clonada por grupos de investigación de Xapón e Alemaña/Estados Unidos en 1986.