IGF

Indeed, as the authors pointed out, IGF is a protein that would be broken down in the course of digestion by humans and therefore could not affect humans 'metabolism.

Non-BST Milk Same as Any Other Milk Steve Carper 2008

The worms also end up being smaller, because their bodies process less of a hormone called IGF-1, which encourages growth.

Good Things and Small Packages 2008

Kenyon manipulates a gene in her worms that reduces the action of insulin and a related hormone called IGF-1.

Never Say Die 2008

The IGF is basically open to any game that doesn't have a publishing contract, and hundreds of hopefuls submit titles every year (every year of the five it's been running) hoping for a little glory -- and a shot at a publishing contract with one of the majors.

Boing Boing: March 9, 2003 - March 15, 2003 Archives 2003

And lab experiments have shown that estrogen may inhibit tumor development in the colon by affecting cell growth, or by lowering levels of a cancer-linked hormone called IGF-1.

Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

These include the receptors for insulin and for another hormone called IGF-1, and a protein of increasing interest called TOR ( "target of rapamycin").

NYT > Home Page 2009

Following the IGF were the Game Developer Choice awards, and LittleBigPlanet crushed out the competition in just about every category.

Archive 2009-03-01 SVGL 2009

Following the IGF were the Game Developer Choice awards, and LittleBigPlanet crushed out the competition in just about every category.

GDC 2009, Day Three SVGL 2009

Researchers said that when the substance — known as IGF-II, a protein-like molecule important for cell growth and development as well as tissue repair — was blocked from the brain, the rats didn't remember what they had learned.

Protein Is Found to Boost Memory Shirley S. Wang 2011

It also detailed the wide range of abnormalities in the composition of rBGH milk, particularly the 10-fold or more increased levels of a natural growth factor known as IGF-1, and its ready absorption from the small intestine into the blood; IGF-1 levels in milk are further increased by pasteurization.

Samuel S. Epstein: The FDA, Toxins and Your Body 2010