Researchers develop new tool in fight against apoptosis-related disease
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Though apoptosis is hardly a household word, its been estimated that more than half of all diseases for which we have no suitable treatment are related to malfunctions in apoptosis, also known as programmed cell death. Its a bodys way of getting rid of mutated, damaged, old and other possibly harmful cells, and many researchers believe that mastering it could lead to a new cancer treatment, for example.