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Growth factor

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growth factor
n.
A substance that affects the growth of an organism.

Growth factor
A local hormone produced by some cells that initiates growth.
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The growth factor also depends on what part of the country you study.
Insulin-like growth factor I, or IGF-I for short, is a hormone that appears to promote the growth of both normal and malignant cells in the breast.
The researchers isolated NK4 in 1989 by taking apart a protein called hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), which normally attaches to a receptor molecule on the surface of cells.
 
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