Cancer research: How cells die by ferroptosis

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 15:07 in Biology & Nature

Ferroptosis is a recently discovered form of cell death, which is still only partially understood. Scientists have now identified an enzyme that plays a key role in generating the signal that initiates cell death. Their findings could now give new impetus to research into the fields of cancer, neurodegeneration and other degenerative diseases.

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