endostatin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of endostatin
First recorded in 1995–2000; endo(thelial) ( def. ) + -stat ( def. ) + -in 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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At this stage all EntreMed can offer is some very interesting molecules, called angiostatin and endostatin, and the only cancers they have cured so far have been in mice.
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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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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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Reassured, the N.C.I. gave the go-ahead for clinical trials of endostatin later this year on patients with advanced tumors.
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When scientists first started making endostatin, it took 200 qt. of mouse urine to obtain less than a millionth of an ounce.
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