The delicate balance between cell death and regeneration is crucial for human health and longevity. Most mechanisms involved ...

Cellular death is a fundamental concept in the biological sciences. Given its significance, its definition depends on the ...

Recent research on MCL-1, a critical protein that is an attractive target for cancer drug development, helps explain why some ...

The results of experiments in mice models were "astounding," said biochemist Suzanne Pfeffer of Stanford University.

Different cell death subroutines play an important role in human disease. Apoptosis, autophagy and necrosis have been associated with the course of several pathological conditions, either in a ...

But cell death can have side effects, and if it malfunctions, our health is at stake. Share on Pinterest When cells burst and die, their contents are released, causing inflammation.

Inflammatory cell death plays a major role in pandemics. Yersinia pestis, the bacteria behind the Black Death, has evolved various ways of stopping human immune cells from mounting a response.

In a cell, death is akin to falling dominoes: One death-inducing molecule activates another, and so on, until the entire cell is shut down, a new study finds. Inside a cell, death often occurs ...

The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, may represent one of the most promising ways to change the course of human aging, disease and even space travel, according to a new study by ...

The latest findings on the interaction between cell death and cellular senescence in cancer and their pathophysiological significance have been reviewed. Aging cells secrete substances known to ...