Apoptosis is also
known as programmed cell death. Apoptosis can be thought
of a cell suicide which is advantageous to the cell’s
organism. Apoptosis can also be thought of as natural
cell death when contrasted with necrosis which is the
death of a cell due to injury or disease. Some researchers
believe that the circumvention of apoptosis can cause
cancer. Chemotherapy drugs are designed to restore apoptosis
in prostate cancer cells in hopes of ablating the disease.
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