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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 30 > Cells quietly die to keep you alive

Cells quietly die to keep you alive

Labs work to develop drugs to control process

By Robert S. Boyd / The Bulletin
May 30, 2008

WASHINGTON — In an act of ultimate self-sacrifice, millions of human cells commit suicide every day, making your life better by their death.

Some cells kill themselves so that developing embryos don’t grow webs between their fingers and toes. In teenagers, unused brain cells....

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