Research puts a 'Fas' to the cause of programmed cell death
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 13:21
in Biology & Nature
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have put an end to a 10-year debate over which form of a molecular messenger called Fas ligand is responsible for killing cells during programmed cell death (also called apoptosis).
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