Cellular self-destruct program has deep roots throughout evolution
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
In what seems like a counter-intuitive move against survival, within animals, some cells are fated to die from the triggering of an elaborate cell death program, known as apoptosis. Now, researchers have honed in on understanding the evolution of caspase-8, a key cell death initiator molecule that was first identified in humans.