Sentences with phrase «controlled cellular suicide»

One, apoptosis, is a form of controlled cellular suicide, usually for the benefit of the organism.

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Lieberman, Dotiwala and their team were particularly struck by how much the granzyme - sparked cascade resembles apoptosis, a controlled form of cellular suicide that helps eliminate damaged or potentially cancerous cells.

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.