In multicellular organisms, the total number of cells is a balance between the cell-generating effects of mitosis and cell death that is induced through apoptosis. A disruption of this delicate ...

Scientists use cell death, whether by apoptosis or necrosis, to evaluate the toxicity or effectiveness of substances of interest, including potential therapeutic agents. For example, researchers will ...

Figure 1: Etoposide-induced apoptosis in EL4 cells analyzed using flow cytometry and DNA gel electrophoresis. Figure 3: MR images of a tumor in a drug-treated mouse following injection of C 2 ...

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 ...

Sarcomas are generally classified into soft tissue sarcomas, such as fibrosarcoma, and bone sarcomas such as chondrosarcoma, which are rare cancers in adults accounting for about 1% of all cancer ...