angiostatin

American  

[an-jee-oh-stat-n] / ˌæn dʒi oʊˈstæt n /

noun

Biochemistry.

1. a naturally occurring protein that inhibits endothelial proliferation and interferes with the growth of new blood vessels, investigated for use as an anticancer drug.

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Example Sentences

Within a year or two, EntreMed and its partner in the project, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, will probably figure out how to make angiostatin in quantity.

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The rodents were given angiostatin for more than 50 days, the equivalent of five years for humans, and their tumors stayed small as long as they took the drug.

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How fast those studies can begin depends on how much angiostatin and endostatin EntreMed and its business partner, Bristol-Myers Squibb, can produce and whether they can figure out which fragment to focus on first.

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In fact, Folkman's work on angiostatin and endostatin had been reported months before in scientific journals and just a few weeks ago in Business Week.

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EntreMed claims it now has a way to make lots of endostatin, using yeast cells as tiny factories; angiostatin is proving a lot tougher to mass-produce.

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