EntreMed Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
...een shown to inhibit a distinct profile of angiogenic tyrosine kinase targets in addition to the Aurora A kinase. Aurora kinases are key regulators of mitosis (cell division), and are often over-expressed in human cancers. ENMD-2076 also targets the Flt-3 and FGFR3, kinases which have been shown to play impo...Molecule tracking reveals mechanism of chromosome separation in dividing cells
...search on molecular machines and motors, Wordeman for work on chromosome movement, and Davis for studies of spindle poles. All are part of the Seattle mitosis Club led by Sue Biggins at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. To understand how the kinetochore functions, the scientists sought to uncove...EntreMed Focuses on Development of ENMD-2076
...stinct profile of angiogenic tyrosine kinase targets in addition to Aurora A kinase and other oncogenic proteins. Aurora kinases are key regulators of mitosis (cell division), and are often over-expressed in human cancers. In addition, ENMD-2076 is relatively selective for the Aurora A isoform in comparison ...Stem-cell sentry sounds the alarm to maintain balance between cancer and aging, U-M researchers find
...tem cell and one cell committed to develop into a specific tissue type such as a skin cell, a blood cell or, in this case, a sperm cell. That form of mitosis is called asymmetric division, and it's exactly what stem cells need to maintain a healthy balance between uncommitted and committed cells. Cell di...Combination of 2 novel anti-cancer agents may help fight CML resistant to current therapy
...agents include MK-0457, a Bcr/Abl kinase inhibitor that also targets another protein called an aurora kinase. Aurora kinase plays an important role in mitosis and cell division. In preclinical studies, MK-0457 is active against the T315I Bcr/Abl mutation, a major cause of imatinib resistance, and has shown p...Research shines spotlight on a key player in the dance of chromosomes
...h the location and the timing of delivery. They are fueled by a small molecule, adenosine tri-phosphate (ATP). Some motor proteins are essential to mitosis the process by which cell division occurs in higher organisms. During cell division it is important for chromosomes to line up at the middle of the p...Mitosis gets harder thanks to new gene discovery
...o halves of the cell to slide apart. What makes mitosis so interesting is that it is one of the biological... Natures most important processes, our interest in mitosis stems from the fact that if you want to kill cance...ure drug target. During the different phases of mitosis the pairs of chromosomes within the cell condense ...Loss of Antenna Leads to Cancer in Insects
... has a role in controlling normal cell movement and tumor cell invasion. Golemis laboratory has also shown that Aurora A and HEF1 interact to initiate mitosis (chromosome separation) during cell division. Suggestively, many cancers produce too much of the Aurora A protein, including breast and colore...Sea Creature's Toxin Could Lead to Promising Cancer Treatment
...the known drugs caused significant weight loss and loss of white blood cells while AB-5 caused neither side effect. “That the diazonamide toxin blocks mitosis selectively in cancer cells is almost too desirable an outcome to be true,” said Dr. Steven McKnight, chairman of biochemistry and senior author of th...Run Amok Enzyme Causes Same Problems in Both Humans and Fruit Flies
...raced to misregulation by the aurora-A kinase. This enzyme under normal conditions appears to be critical as a traffic cop for various proteins during mitosis in neuroblasts, they concluded. “In humans, there has been a lot of thought that maybe stem cell populations are at the heart of many cancers,” ...Entremed Presents Results of ENMD-2076 Phase 1 Study in Advanced Cancer Patients
...een shown to inhibit a distinct profile of angiogenic tyrosine kinase targets in addition to the Aurora A kinase. Aurora kinases are key regulators of mitosis (cell division), and are often over-expressed in human cancers. ENMD-2076 also targets the Flt-3 and FGFR3, kinases which have been shown to play impo...EntreMed Presents Initial Clinical Results for ENMD-2076
...stinct profile of angiogenic tyrosine kinase targets in addition to Aurora A kinase and other oncogenic proteins. Aurora kinases are key regulators of mitosis (cell division), and are often over-expressed in human cancers. ENMD-2076 targets a defined set of kinases, including Flt-3 and FGFR3, which have been...EntreMed Receives New Patent for 2-Methoxyestradiol Analogs
...ultiple fronts -- directly by disrupting microtubules, an intracellular matrix necessary for the rapid division of cancer cells, through inhibition of mitosis and induction of apoptosis, and by blocking blood vessels that feed tumors (angiogenesis inhibition). U.S. Patent No. 7,371,741 entitled "Estradiol ...EntreMed Presents Data for Phase 2 Study of MKC-1 in Metastatic Breast Cancer
...echanism of action, which involves inhibition of the Akt-mTOR pathway, binding importin-b and tubulin, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. MKC-1 arrests mitosis by inhibiting an intracellular target important in cellular trafficking that has been shown to be involved in cell division. MKC- 1 has been shown to ...Cytokinetics Announces Non-clinical Data to be Presented at the 2007 AACR Annual Meeting
...on, these drugs target tubulin, a cytoskeletal protein involved not only in mitosis and cell proliferation, but also in other important cellular functions. Inh...may represent the next generation of anti-mitotic cancer drugs by arresting mitosis and cell proliferation without impacting unrelated, normal cellular functio...EntreMed's Aurora Kinase Inhibitor Induces Tumor Regression in Preclinical Models
...s been shown to inhibit a unique profile of angiogenic tyrosine kinase targets in addition to the Aurora kinases. Aurora kinases are key regulators of mitosis (cell division), and are often over-expressed in human cancers. ENMD-981693 is selective for the Aurora A isoform in comparison to Aurora B. Results...Cytokinetics Reports Additional Clinical Trials Data for Ispinesib
...believes that drugs that inhibit KSP and CENP-E and other mitotic kinesins may represent the next generation of anti-mitotic cancer drugs by arresting mitosis and cell proliferation without impacting unrelated, normal cellular functions, thereby avoiding many of the toxicities commonly experienced by patient...DNA template could explain evolutionary shifts
...o others that resulted from shuffling within an exon. Studies of one family two children and a mother demonstrated that the event occurred during mitosis or cell division, a significant finding that further confirms the significance of the event. The researchers noted that finding this mitotic rearra...Is this the beginning of the end of plant breeding?
...ntroduces. The first steps of both meiosis and mitosis are the replication of the dividing cell's DNA. On...mes condense into tightly bound structures, and in mitosis these form an X shape in which each half of the X ... centre of the X. Thus the differences between mitosis and meiosis are that meiosis has two rounds of div...Scientists deconstruct cell division
... Baltimore, MDThe last step of the cell cycle is the brief but spectacularly dynamic and complicated mitosis phase, which leads to the duplication of one mother cell into two daughter cells. In mitosis, the chromosomes condense and the nucleus breaks down. Fi...Mutant host cell protein sequesters critical HIV-1 element
...everse transcriptase, providing a better treatment outcome," explains Dr. He. The researchers found that a mutant form of Src-associated protein in mitosis of 68kDa (Sam68), a host cellular protein involved in HIV-1 pathogenesis, specifically interacts with nef mRNA and directly suppresses Nef expression....UCSB scientists show how certain vegetables combat cancer
...nticancer drugs taxol and vincristine inhibit cell division during mitosis. mitosis is the process in which the duplicated DNA in the form of chromosomes is ac... powerful anticancer agents, interferes with microtubule functioning during mitosis in a similar manner to the more powerful anticancer drugs. However SFN is ...Proteins strangle cell during division
... squeezes the cell into two so that two new daughter cells are formed. At first it looks like mitosis, as discussed in many a biology lesson. However, mitosis is the process whereby the chromosomes are distributed between the two daughter cells. Cell division is the process whereby the two daughter cells are...Cholesterol-lowering drugs and the effect on muscle repair and regeneration
...aim of the study was to determine SC viability during proliferation when treated with statins which may be indicative of the ability of SCs to undergo mitosis (i.e. divide to make new cells). The research team used primary cell lines isolated from quadriceps muscle biopsies. SC were mixed and grown for 4...How chemo kills tumors: research to reduce side effects
... race starts between two competing cellular signalling networks. One network is trying to kill the cell, the other is trying to cause the cell to exit mitosis and thus allow the cell to survive. The winner of the race decides the fate of the cell; death or survival. "The factors influencing the race not o...Death, division or cancer? Newly discovered checkpoint process holds the line in cell division
...ent, 250 million cells in your body are undergoing mitosis in order to replenish cells that die as a result o... Technion, discovered the ability of MCF2 to block mitosis by shutting down an ubiquitin ligase enzyme known ...heckpoint proteins themselves are faulty, however, mitosis results in aneuploidy, the loss or gain of chromos...How molecular muscles help cells divide
...bles and how all the pieces get to the right place to get the job done. Time-lapse imaging and computer modeling demonstrated that cells undergoing mitosis set up small clusters of proteins, or nodes, on the inside of the cell membrane around the equator of the cell. Proteins in these nodes begin to put o...EntreMed ENMD-2076 Phase 1 Data to Be Presented at ASCO Annual Meeting
...stinct profile of angiogenic tyrosine kinase targets in addition to Aurora A kinase and other oncogenic proteins. Aurora kinases are key regulators of mitosis (cell division), and are often over-expressed in human cancers. ENMD-2076 targets a defined set of kinases, including Flt-3 and FGFR3, which have been...EntreMed Initiates ENMD-2076 Clinical Trial in Multiple Myeloma
...stinct profile of angiogenic tyrosine kinase targets in addition to Aurora A kinase and other oncogenic proteins. Aurora kinases are key regulators of mitosis (cell division), and are often over-expressed in human cancers. In addition, ENMD-2076 is relatively selective for the Aurora A isoform in comparison ...Quantitative Analysis of the Cell Cycle in Imaging Applications
...s commit to DNA synthesis (S phase) and replicate their chromosomal DNA. The G2 phase (second gap) follows when cells continue to grow and prepare for mitosis (M phase, division). The G2 gap allows time for the cell to complete its DNA replication before initiating mitosis. During mitosis, the cell...
Figure 2 depicts the effect of Mitomycin C (MMC), a cytostatic drug that inhibits mitosis causing cells to accumulate in G2 phase of the cell cycle. Cells were incubated with increasing concentrations of MMC (as indicated below each set of ...
Assessing Gene Function with siRNA Libraries
... to monitor the percent of cells undergoing mitosis at any given point in time, with and wi... the fraction of time that cells spend in mitosis versus the rest of the cell cycle. Thus...sfected with a control scrambled siRNA, undergoing mitosis (mitotic index range of 2.1 to 2.3). Th...