In addition to apoptosis, scientists have proposed more than 20 other regulated forms of cell death. Increasingly, researchers find some of these other kinds of cell death are also reversible. In ...

Mammalian hosts coordinate various cell death pathways as part of the immune defense system against pathogens including ...

A research team led by Prof. Jiang Yanyi from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered an important mechanism that enables squamous cell carcinoma (SCC ...

In Ming-Chiu Fung’s immunology lab, Hogan had been investigating how disturbances in the cytoskeletons of cells might contribute to the fragmentation of mitochondria during apoptosis, the most ...

Immune cell death is the process by which an immune cell undergoes cell death. There are various types of cell death mediated by intracellular programmes or external factors including apoptosis ...

Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive and reproduce. Because of this, death is often seen as a failure rather than a ...

Life and death are traditionally viewed as opposites. But the emergence of new multicellular life-forms from the cells of a ...

A new review and policy statement underscore the inaccuracy of sickle cell trait as a cause of death on autopsies.

Boston biotech Kojin Therapeutics is closing its doors, citing four funding challenges and a few valuable lessons learned.  ...

Researchers identified two anoikis-related genes linked with CTEPH, and that may serve as diagnostic biomarkers or treatment ...

Cell Death and Differentiation is read by scientists ... should also be kept to a minimum. The background, rationale and main conclusions of the study should be clearly explained and ...