Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2018 in the subject
Medicine - Anatomy, Physiology, Cytology, grade: 1, Egerton University,
language: English, abstract: Apoptosis refers to a programmed cell
death; a biological process in which the body of an organism destroys
its cells for different reasons. In reality, apoptosis and necrosis
involve different mechanisms, and this implies they are different. In
addition, the changes that occur in the process of cell death are
differing in terms of morphology and chemical composition. Evidence
indicates that there are various factors that make cells commit suicide.
In most cases, cells commit suicide due to imbalances between positive
and negative signals that determine cell survival. Cells can consider
committing suicide upon the recipient of negative signals. This research
will provide a comprehensive overview of apoptosis. It will discuss
mechanisms of apoptosis and the factors involved in the process. It will
also explain the association between apoptosis.