growth factor
noun
: a substance (such as a vitamin B12 or an interleukin) that promotes growth and especially cellular growth
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The value factor and small caps gained more than the growth factor and large caps.
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Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Both the Film Center’s Long and Chicago Film Society/Music Box programmer Westphal point to the rise of the popular online film forum Letterboxd as a growth factor for repertory titles.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
In the new year, growth factors (also known as GF) and peptides are two ingredients which are really going to be worth the hype, hints Dr. Garshick.
—Varsha Patel, refinery29.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Their unique ability to deliver potent growth factors and proteins directly into the skin has experts in dermatology excited about their potential to transform treatments for everything from acne scars and wrinkles to hair loss.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Jan. 2025
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Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Both the Film Center’s Long and Chicago Film Society/Music Box programmer Westphal point to the rise of the popular online film forum Letterboxd as a growth factor for repertory titles.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
In the new year, growth factors (also known as GF) and peptides are two ingredients which are really going to be worth the hype, hints Dr. Garshick.
—Varsha Patel, refinery29.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Their unique ability to deliver potent growth factors and proteins directly into the skin has experts in dermatology excited about their potential to transform treatments for everything from acne scars and wrinkles to hair loss.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Growth factor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/growth%20factor. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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