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insulinlike growth factor

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insulinlike growth factor  (ns-ln-lk)


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This milk contains progesterone, other dihydrotestos-terone precursors, somatostatin, prolactin, insulin, growth factor-releasing hormone, insulinlike growth factors 1 and 2, and numerous other substances that could stimulate pilosebaceous activity (J.
A study of 384 aged Ashkenazi Jews shows that a decrease in insulinlike growth factor 1 (IGF-1) activity is associated with long life, Nit Barzilai and his colleagues report in the March 4 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Milk from rBST-treated cows may also contain slightly greater amounts of insulinlike growth factor I, which is active in humans.
 
 
 
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