Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Death- By Neglect or by Design

There are basically two types of cell death. One is called as the death by neglect, while the other is called as the death by design. The former one is the death that happens less often. The underlying mechanism here is that the cell, if mistakenly, is dislodged from a particular location where its survival signals lie in its paracrine. As soon as it will not be receiving its survival signals, it will be impossible for the cell to maintain its integrity, and hence the result will be obvious, death by neglect. The other phenomenon, death by design, happens very commonly in the cell. It leads towards the programmed cell death, more technically called as the apoptosis. It can be commonly seen, during the embryological development, specifically when the finishing of the organs takes place. 

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