Could Curbing Runaway Immune Responses Treat COVID-19?
Could Curbing Runaway Immune Responses Treat COVID-19?
Drugs targeting patients’ immune systems, rather than the virus itself, could be key to recovery from severe cases of the disease, some researchers suggest.
Drugs targeting patients’ immune systems, rather than the virus itself, could be key to recovery from severe cases of the disease, some researchers suggest.
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Programmed Cell Death
The Scientist | Mar 4, 2024 | 1 min read
Multicellular organisms can self-destruct their cells through a variety of mechanisms.
Programmed Cell Death Pathways
Elina Kadriu | Feb 15, 2023 | 7 min read
Cells use a variety of programmed cell death mechanisms to maintain homeostasis through cellular self-destruction, including apoptosis, necroptosis, and pyroptosis.
Dying Cells Push the Mouse Immune System into Killing Tumors
Katarina Zimmer | Jun 21, 2019 | 4 min read
Introducing either necroptotic cells or an enzyme that triggers necroptosis can wipe out cancer.
Infographic: How Cells Cheat Death
Charles Q. Choi | Feb 1, 2019 | 3 min read
Apoptosis and other types of programmed cell death appear to be reversible.
Cell Death Processes Are Reversible
Charles Q. Choi | Feb 1, 2019 | 10+ min read
Molecular programs can rescue cells already engaged in the process of apoptosis or other forms of programmed cell death.