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Apoptosis
Studies from University of Texas describe new findings in apoptosis
May 12th, 2009
"Apoptosis, as a mode of cell death in irradiated cell populations, has been the subject of literarily hundreds if not thousands of published reports over the past few years. However, in spite of the large body of knowledge related to this subject, the role of apoptosis in determining tumor response to radiotherapy has been and remains poorly understood and controversial," scientists writing in the International Journal of Radiation Biology report. "Indeed, some previous reviews have suggested that apoptosis may not be important in this context. The purpose of the present review is to provide some examples of recently reported laboratory investigations that...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-05-12)
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