Sentences with phrase «process of cell death»

When the team analyzed this malignancy using HAPTRIG, the pathway that stood out was autophagy — a natural process of cell death that helps maintain normal cellular health.

Soon the rabbits began producing proteins that triggered angiogenesis in the animals» legs and halted the process of cell death that leads to gangrene.

Their compound, which is intended to repair brain damage that has already occurred, is a significant departure from current Alzheimer's treatments, which either slow the process of cell death or inhibit cholinesterase, an enzyme believed to break down a key neurotransmitter involved in learning and memory development.

Some cells with an apparently normal metaphase plate were unable to progress towards anaphase, instead entering into the process of cell death directly from mitosis (Figure 6H, bottom panel; Video 3).

Every time DNA replicates, the telomeres get slightly shorter and eventually when they get small enough, the process of cell death begins.

Research has linked this process of cell death to aging and cancer.