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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So what if angiostatin and endostatin work only in mice?

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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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They called the collection of molecular fragments angiostatin and found that each version of the compound differed slightly in its ability to stop a tumor from growing.

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Another antiangiogenesis compound, angiostatin, discovered by Folkman's colleague Dr. Michael O'Reilly, makes colon, breast and prostate tumors shrink 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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