Drug companies including Sanofi, Merck and Pfizer are working on anticancer drugs that block insulin-like growth factor, a related molecule.

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Children who are lacking in insulin-like growth factor one, or IGF-1, can have short stature--making them smaller than 97.5% of normal children.

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Amgen has moved two other cancer drugs in final stage trials, including an antibody to insulin-like growth factor 1 that is being tested in pancreatic cancer.

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Europe is still mired in a recession and a debt crisis that tends to flare up every few weeks, while slower growth in countries like China was a big factor in a disappointing third-quarter earnings season.

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We like the combination of income with growth and it is an important factor in our stock selection process for the Global Resources Fund, as well as our other equity funds.

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And the movement of people, like that of goods and capital, is a factor in economic growth.

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When businesses are planning to invest, a key factor is the expected path of macroeconomic variables like inflation and real income growth.

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