So, when a telomere gets short, that's when either senescence or apoptosis is triggered. From Wordnik.com. [Carol W. Greider - Interview] Reference
In neurons this is called apoptosis; in humans it is called depression, grief, and suicide. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry of Calm] Reference
Older men's sperm is also less likely to undergo a self-destruct mechanism called apoptosis, which is meant to get rid of damaged cells. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
This orderly form of death is termed apoptosis, and. From Wordnik.com. ["MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader] Reference
This process is called apoptosis, or programmed cell death. From Wordnik.com. [innovations-report] Reference
Hrm, except programmed cell death is known as apoptosis or "cell suicide". From Wordnik.com. [reddit.com: what's new online!] Reference
First, they initiate a process called apoptosis, a sort of cancer cell suicide. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
They appear to prevent a process called apoptosis, which causes cells to self-destruct. From Wordnik.com. [The Age News Headlines] Reference
• It can stimulate the death of these cancer cells through a process called apoptosis. From Wordnik.com. [Ottawa Sun] Reference
One of his main areas is apoptosis, which is “programmed cell death”, sort of like cell suicide. From Wordnik.com. [Bias in nutritional studies | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
This process, known as apoptosis, typically stops potential cancer cells before they have a chance to proliferate. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Free radicals trigger a process called apoptosis, or programmed cell death, by which damaged cells "commit suicide.". From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
The company itself is effectively adapting a biological process called apoptosis, a preprogrammed cell suicide of sorts. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
Scientists had previously believed that no cells could live after the therapy triggered a process called apoptosis, or cell suicide. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
This kinase is also involved in UV-radiation induced apoptosis, which is thought to be related to cytochrome c-mediated cell death pathway. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Researchers found that cells of people who had just run a marathon didn't engage in what is called apoptosis -- the natural death of cells. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
(termed apoptosis) could become a model for future weight-loss therapies, say University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers. From Wordnik.com. [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference
It is known as 'apoptosis', programmed cell-death. From Wordnik.com. [Bloggers.Pakistan] Reference
In a modified form, Atg4D can attach to the power units of the cell - the mitochondria - to stimulate cell death via 'apoptosis'. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
Starting several weeks after the procedure, cooled fat cells begin a process called "apoptosis" and begin to shrink and disappear. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
HDAC inhibitors have been plagued with toxicity because they target general processes in a cell, such as apoptosis and differentiation. From Wordnik.com. [News from The Scientist] Reference
(Note: the term "apoptosis" refers to programmed cell death, a process that ends with the death and dissolution of a living cell. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Agin: Cadmium Pollution Kills Human Fetal Sex Organ Cells] Reference
Resveratrol causes apoptosis or cancer cell death. From Wordnik.com. [Phytonutrients Prevent Cancer] Reference
Cell death occurs by two methods, necrosis and apoptosis. From Wordnik.com. [Cell damage from toxicity and tissue repair] Reference
The cells undergo apoptosis and just appear to "fade away.". From Wordnik.com. [Cell damage from toxicity and tissue repair] Reference
It reduces programmed cell death (apoptosis) in tumor cells. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Smith: Governor Sebelius Must Veto Kansas Bill That Endangers Milk Safety] Reference
The organelles (other than nucleus) appear normal in apoptosis. From Wordnik.com. [Cell damage from toxicity and tissue repair] Reference
In mouse fetal gonads, Cd increased only female germ cell apoptosis. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Agin: Cadmium Pollution Kills Human Fetal Sex Organ Cells] Reference
In apoptosis, the cells shrink from decrease of cytosol in the nucleus. From Wordnik.com. [Cell damage from toxicity and tissue repair] Reference
Lovastatin-induced proliferation inhibition and apoptosis in C6 glial cells. From Wordnik.com. [T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details] Reference
In biology, we have a term called apoptosis, which means programmed cellular death. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 22, 2005] Reference
Mitochondrial mediated apoptosis is a normal process by which cells kill themselves. From Wordnik.com. [David Kirby: US Medicine: 97% of All Autism Cases Went Undected - Until Now?] Reference
Mitochondrial mediated apoptosis is not inherently pathological or indicative of a problem. From Wordnik.com. [David Kirby: US Medicine: 97% of All Autism Cases Went Undected - Until Now?] Reference
Some toxicants induce apoptosis or in other cases they inhibit normal physiological apoptosis. From Wordnik.com. [Cell damage from toxicity and tissue repair] Reference
This correlated with an increase in germ cell apoptosis while there was no effect on proliferation. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Agin: Cadmium Pollution Kills Human Fetal Sex Organ Cells] Reference
Until recently, the conventional wisdom was that apoptosis couldn't be stopped once it was underway. From Wordnik.com. [Back From the Dead] Reference
Additionally, IGF-1 blocks natural defense mechanisms against early submicroscopic cancers, known as apoptosis. From Wordnik.com. [Samuel S. Epstein: Reckless Claims That Hormonal Milk Is Safe] Reference
It appears to work globally on apoptosis, rather than on any of the individual biochemical pathways involved in it. From Wordnik.com. [Back From the Dead] Reference
The Shrivastava group in India reported molecular iodine induces apoptosis (programmed cell death) in human breast cancer cell cultures. From Wordnik.com. [Iodine Treats Breast Cancer, the Evidence is Overwhelming] Reference
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