Synopses & Reviews
This book describes the biological implications and significance of apoptosis. Occurring naturally throughout the lifetime of most multicellular organisms, apoptosis, or programmed cell death, accounts for the continuous turnover of cells in the body. However, the genes regulating apoptosis are defective in many cancers.
Review
"[A] careful, thorough, user-friendly volume on programmed cell death." S.K. Sommers Smith, Boston University, CHOICE"This is an important addition to any scientific library encomposing oncology or an biomedical fild needing a basic, yet complex collection of information on apoptosis and its influence on the lifetimes of most cellular organisms." Biology Digest
Synopsis
Apoptosis is programmed cell death, and it allows the continuous turnover of cells in the body. This book describes in simple terms the difficulties in defining the moment of death for a cell, and discusses the biological significance of apoptosis at a level suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students.
Synopsis
Comprehensive and accessible overview of apoptosis, the genetically programmed self-destruction of a cell.
Table of Contents
1. Dead or alive; 2. How to die; 3. What to wear and who clears up the rubbish; 4. To reproduce or die; 5. The judge, jury, and executioner - the genes that control cell death; 6. Stem cells; 7. An in vivo system to study apoptosis: the small intestine; 8. Cell death in diverse systems; 9. Measuring levels of cell death.