Sometimes, a cell just has to die; this might be because it becomes dysfunctional, worn out, or malignant. Other times, cells simply fulfill their purpose and are no longer needed. Apoptosis is a ...

Apoptosis or programmed cell death (PCD) is a genetically programmed cellular event that is conserved throughout evolution. It is a specialized form of cell death that is essential for normal cellular ...

Kanazawa University, report in ACS Nano, how proteins in cells can be controllably activated through heating, an effect that can be used to initiate programmed cell death.

For the first time, researchers at Umeå University have observed the same type of programmed cell death in microalgae as in ...

For the first time, researchers at Umeå University have observed the same type of programmed cell death in microalgae as in humans. The discovery, published in Nature Communications, shows that this ...