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.
The Cell Cycle. The life span of a eukaryotic cell is called the cell cycle. A cell spends the bulk of the cell cycle in interphase. During interphase, the cell grows (G1), replicates its DNA through DNA synthesis (S) and grows again (G2) until it is ready to divide.