Sentences with phrase «cellular suicide»
"Cellular suicide" refers to a natural process in which cells intentionally die in our bodies. This is done to maintain a balance, remove damaged or infected cells, or make space for new cells to grow. It is an important and normal part of our body's functioning. Full definition
After earning a PhD studying feline leukemia virus in relative obscurity at the University of Washington, Seattle, I found myself as an American ex-pat in London, examining the ins and outs of cellular suicide in the lab of a famous man in a prestigious institute.
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Bone marrow cells have such ligands, so George and co-workers set out to see if they are involved in an assisted cellular suicide that helps organ transplants.
One, apoptosis, is a form of controlled cellular suicide, usually for the benefit of the organism.
However, once women stop breastfeeding, these structures self - destruct — a process that involves massive cellular suicide, and the removal of the debris.
They also tested other chemicals known to prevent the other two forms of cellular suicide, but only CGP3466B protected mouse nerve cells in the brain from death by cocaine.
If cancer markers are found in a cell, the circuit could, for example, activate a cellular suicide programme.
In an attempt to protect the body from the spreading virus, these immune cells then commit «cellular suicide,» leading to the collapse of the immune system — and AIDS.
In HIV infection, however, a T cell subtype called the central memory CD4 + T cell appears to enter the cell cycle and undergo apoptosis — cellular suicide — in vast numbers.
Now, Professor Martin and colleagues have discovered that in response to specific types of cell damage, Parkin can trigger the self - destruction of «injured» nerve cells by switching on a controlled process of «cellular suicide» called apoptosis.
However brains lacking BRCA1 exhibit high levels of cellular suicide (green, second column).