Cytochrome c is a vital protein found in the mitochondria of cells, playing a crucial role in energy production and the regulation of apoptosis, or programmed cell death. This protein is involved ...

In multicellular organisms, the total number of cells is a balance between the cell-generating effects of mitosis and cell death that is induced through apoptosis. A disruption of this delicate ...

When Seamus J. Martin, professor of medical genetics at the Smurfit Institute, Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, and colleagues began their work, they knew of an apoptosis pathway involving ...