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Nivolumab blocks the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) receptor on the immune system’s T cells.
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New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025
And so most programmed cell death follows that path.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
These revelations have reshaped how researchers think about programmed cell death, and Aravind recently discovered another piece of the puzzle.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
If enough damage builds up, the cell surrenders and undergoes programmed cell death, or apoptosis.
—Celia Ford, WIRED, 17 July 2023
Since the developmental chicken penises were proliferating at the same rate as duck penises, the team instead looked at the rate of programmed cell death, called apoptosis.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2013
Dostarlimab is an antibody that targets a protein called programmed cell death 1, or PD-1.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2022
The researchers searched for markers of pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
Because lobsters almost never get tumors, Polinski says, the team expected to find many more genes linked to activating programmed cell death.
—R.m. Davis, Science | AAAS, 23 June 2021
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New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025
And so most programmed cell death follows that path.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
These revelations have reshaped how researchers think about programmed cell death, and Aravind recently discovered another piece of the puzzle.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
If enough damage builds up, the cell surrenders and undergoes programmed cell death, or apoptosis.
—Celia Ford, WIRED, 17 July 2023
Since the developmental chicken penises were proliferating at the same rate as duck penises, the team instead looked at the rate of programmed cell death, called apoptosis.
—Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2013
Dostarlimab is an antibody that targets a protein called programmed cell death 1, or PD-1.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2022
The researchers searched for markers of pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
Because lobsters almost never get tumors, Polinski says, the team expected to find many more genes linked to activating programmed cell death.
—R.m. Davis, Science | AAAS, 23 June 2021
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