Every minute of life, millions of cells in our bodies undergo a regulated form of cell death called apoptosis. This altruistic cellular process plays varied and essential roles in keeping us healthy, ...

Figure 1: Dynamics of the mitochondrial network in mammalian cells. Although the proteins that are involved in mitochondrial fission and fusion are being discovered, the mechanism for the synchronized ...

Proper, efficient regulation of cellular development is essential for a living organism. Cells have to constantly be removed and recycled, with new cells replacing them all the time. One such process ...

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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 ...