Spotlight on Cell Death
Imbalance in the natural process of cell death in our bodies either wholly or partially causes over 50 different diseases, including cancer, Alzheimer's and rheumatism. This knowledge has lead to research into cell death becoming the most intensive field of research in the world today.
Live and Let Die
Live and Let Die
One million cells in your body die every second. That means in one day, approximately 1.2 kg of cells die. But it's nothing to worry about. Quite the opposite; it would be a real problem if the cells in your body did not die.
Yoshinori Ohsumi Nobel Prize Laureate 2016
Yoshinori Ohsumi Nobel Prize Laureate 2016
In 2016 The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.
Cells die in different ways in infants and adults
Cells die in different ways in infants and adults
The neurons of small children are prepared to commit suicide via apoptosis if they are not used.
Facts about Cell Death
Facts about Cell Death
The most common types of cell death, cell death diseases and glossary.
Five major breakthroughs
Five major breakthroughs
Definitions, descriptions, identifications and discoveries of suppressor genes.
Mechanisms for life and death
Mechanisms for life and death
Professor Bertrand Joseph's studies life and death decisions at the cellular level.