Science news articles about 'cellular suicide'

... toxic proteins that trigger the target cells to self-destruct. A new study shows T cells can initiate cellular suicide, also known as programmed cell death or apoptosis, by a ...

... lytic granule contents into infected cells typically initiates a process that leads to a form of cellular suicide called apoptosis. However, according to the researchers' experiments, that isn't ...

... that a biochemical signalling pathway, that normally ensures damaged cells are diverted towards cellular suicide, is blocked in certain cancers, rendering them resistant to certain types of treatment ...

... chemotherapeutic agents within a matter of hours. Most chemotherapy drugs work by forcing cancer cells to commit cellular suicide, a process known as apoptosis. As cells undergo ...

... a wide variety of biological functions such as bioluminescence, virulence, nutrient foraging and cellular suicide." The researchers found that the total volume of bacteria in relation to the volume ...

... the virus and the newly found lipid deal their deadly blow by causing the upper-ocean plants to commit cellular suicide. As a major focus of their research at Rutgers, Bidle's lab ...

... accumulates but sets the stage for step two of the calcium imbalance that triggers cellular suicide. Investigators reported that in healthy cells these regions, known as glycosphingolipid-enriched ...