What is Actos (pioglitazone)? Pioglitazone is an oral drug that reduces the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood. It is in a class of anti-diabetic drugs called thiazolidinediones that are used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The other member in this class is rosiglitazone (Avandia).
The period between one cell division and the next is called the  interphase. It is the resting phase between successive mitotic or  meiotic divisions of a cell.
In eukaryotes, the cell cycle consists of four discrete phases: G 1, S, G 2, and M. The S or synthesis phase is when DNA replication occurs, and the M or mitosis phase is when the cell actually divides.The other two phases â G 1 and G 2, the so-called gap phases â are less dramatic but equally important.ells typically spend far more time in interphase than they do in mitosis. Of the four phases, G 1 is most variable in terms of duration, although it is often the longest portion of the cell cycle (Figure 1). Figure 1: The eukaryotic cell cycle. Â© 2013 Nature Education All rights reserved.