A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something ...

EPFL scientists have identified a molecular pathway that protects cells from lipid oxidation and ferroptosis, a regulated ...

A new study reveals some surprising discoveries about healing processes that are potentially triggered by the process of necrosis, or premature cell death. Necrosis can be triggered by illness or ...

A new Dartmouth study opens new avenues for understanding—and potentially manipulating—how cells decide to live or die.

Some go gently into the night. Others die less prettily in freak accidents or deadly invasions, or after a showy display. By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine Published Sep 27, 2024 8:00 AM EDT This ...

Inflammation, the movement of immune cells to an area of infection or injury, is important for tackling infections and restoring health. When the inflammatory process gets out of control, however, the ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a protein that causes human cell membranes to break open in a ...

In several disease conditions, including infections and cancers, innate immune activation and nutrient scarcity occur ...

CBD and THC kill ovarian cancer cells at doses that largely spare normal cells, disrupting survival pathways through multiple ...

Like a poison pen, dying cells prick their neighbors with a lethal message. This may worsen sepsis, Vijay Rathinam and colleagues in the UConn School of Medicine report in the Jan. 23 issue of Cell.

Every day, the human body removes billions of dead cells. 1 Professional phagocytes, such as macrophages and dendritic cells, do a lot of the heavy lifting, but some non-immune cells, the so-called ...