Children who are lacking in insulin-like growth factor one, or IGF-1, can have short stature--making them smaller than 97.5% of normal children.
The latest work revolves around two culprit proteins, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF).
The molecule - epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) - relays instructions to cells to grow and divide, and to ignore signals telling them to die.
As men more and more become fashion consumers, there is an inherent built-in growth factor in menswear as a business.
Drug companies including Sanofi, Merck and Pfizer are working on anticancer drugs that block insulin-like growth factor, a related molecule.
Amgen has moved two other cancer drugs in final stage trials, including an antibody to insulin-like growth factor 1 that is being tested in pancreatic cancer.
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They found that platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) showed promise.
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The public has mostly focused on Erbitux's ability to slow tumor growth by blocking epidermal growth factor receptor, a key growth-promoting protein that is overabundant in many cancer cells.
Of particular interest is an antibody for a growth factor called IGF-1 that is related to the same biochemical pathway Erbitux hits.
Skeptical colleagues believed he had merely rediscovered the well-known fibroblast growth factor.
Trading for close to 10x sales per share means that the market has already priced-in a substantial growth factor.
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Earlier this year, Pfizer, which is in the lead with an antibody trageting nerve growth factor one (NGF-1), announced that the Food and Drug Administration had told it to put clinical trials of its drug on hold.
We believe the estimated deceleration in growth is more a seasonal factor than a long-term trend.
Obama will probably point out Tuesday night that economic growth is the essential X Factor to reducing long-term deficits and debt.
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My 7.0 percent total return prediction for U.S. stocks assumes 2.0 percent inflation, 2.5 percent real GDP growth and a 2.7 percent all-on dividend factor, less 0.2 percent in index fund fees.
They also help banks to push their products to a broader range of customers: one factor behind NationsBank's profits growth was cross-selling through Boatmen's, a bank it acquired last year.
The federal government is keen to capitalise on what it calls the "feel-good factor", arising from a robust growth rate of more than 8% and a strong performance over the past six months.
Sure enough, he found that the only cells that could produce new tumors in the test tube were the ones with CD133--strong circumstantial evidence that defective stem cells were the growth factor in brain cancer.
All three drugs target the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a protein that is over-expressed in cancer cells.
It meant that without the one-off factor the economy would have had to find considerable growth from elsewhere to avoid a contraction in the final three months of the year.
Europe is still mired in a recession and a debt crisis that tends to flare up every few weeks, while slower growth in countries like China was a big factor in a disappointing third-quarter earnings season.
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Lapatinib, it turns out, also inhibits the activity of a protein called the epidermal growth factor receptor, which has been found to be important for stem-cell proliferation.
The protein is a growth factor that leads to the production of certain immune cells, called B-cells.
The VEGF gene is so-called because it controls production of a substance known as vascular endothelial growth factor.
The vitamin also appears to trigger the production of a protein called nerve growth factor, which directs the development of nerve cells and promotes their long-term survival.
This is a critical success factor when managing and leading major transformational changes that include rapid growth in third-world countries, and in the global population, as well as a huge increase in the number of people connecting online around the world.
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Growth, spending cuts and tax increases did their bit, but the make-or-break factor was monetary policy.
One possible driving factor for growth in 2013 is the fact that in 2013, NASCAR will re-acquire its digital rights from Turner.
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The second factor that may encourage China and India to become greener is the growth of indigenous alternative-energy companies.
Eighty-five percent said that "student growth over the course of the academic year" should be a factor in how their performance is measured.
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