growth factor
any of various proteins that promote the growth, organization, and maintenance of cells and tissues.
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How to use growth factor in a sentence
Nerve growth factor was the first of several growth factors discovered by scientists, and these factors are now known to have critical roles in nervous system wiring and also in cancer.
In 1986, Levi-Montalcini and Cohen were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of growth factors.
The pathway in worms is called insulin-like growth factor signaling, and once that pathway is suppressed, both milk production stops and the lifespan extends.
These worms produce milk, but only when they kick the bucket | Elana Spivack | October 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceResearchers were finding that microbes produced vitamins, nutrients, and growth factors, vital to ecosystems’ health.
The Man Who Drank Cholera and Launched the Yogurt Craze - Issue 100: Outsiders | Lina Zeldovich | May 19, 2021 | NautilusIn 1946, she was granted a fellowship at Washington University where she replicated her earlier work, and eventually won the Nobel Prize for her discovery of nerve growth factor.
The latter may or may not have a sufficiently high growth factor.
The Colonists | Raymond F. JonesAs a group, they possessed a growth factor forcing them beyond the confines of the culture in which they lived.
The Colonists | Raymond F. Jones
British Dictionary definitions for growth factor
any of several substances present in serum that induce growth of cells. Excessive amounts of growth factor may be associated with the production of cancer cells
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