Abstract: Described herein are methods of inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells and methods of treating cancer, by administering a combination of a copper chelator and a platinum-based chemotherapeutic.

Abstract: The present invention relates to HSF activating compounds, methods for their discovery, and their research and therapeutic uses, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, chelates, non-covalent complexes, prodrugs, mixtures (including both R and S enantiomeric forms and racemic mixtures thereof), and pharmaceutical Formulations thereof. In particular, the present invention provides compounds capable of facilitating HSF1 homotrimerization, and methods of using such compounds as therapeutic agents to treat a number of conditions associated with irregular HSF1 activity.

Abstract: Novel, highly conserved cell cycle regulatory genes (Emg1 and ENIP1) are described along with methods employing Emg1 and ENIP1 to detect compounds that are agonistic or antagonistic to cell cycle progression.