Apoptosis is a form of non-lytic programmed cell death that is important as a driver of normal development, for cell population maintenance, and as a defense mechanism in immune reactions or in ...

Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a tightly regulated biological process necessary for normal tissue maintenance and development. However, aberrations in apoptotic signaling networks are ...

How did cells evolve a process to end their own lives? Recent research suggests that apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death, first arose billions of years ago in bacteria with a primitive ...