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IGF-I

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IGF-IInsulin/Insulin-Like Growth Factor I (protein)


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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.
Giving diabetic rats daily injections of IGF-I for 8 weeks almost completely reversed this process, he and his colleagues report in the November AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY.
IPLEX is approved in the United States as the only once daily treatment for children with short stature associated with severe primary IGF-I deficiency (Primary IGFD).
 
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