So is this related to that, where there's death of cells that people don't get as much pleasure, or [INAUDIBLE]?
This was the first link between the molecular biology of telomeres and cellular senescence, the aging and death of cells.
In addition, the death of cells results in an inflammatory response, which also can damage vital tissues.
Parkinson's disease, for example, results from the death of cells in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra.
Radiation can act as an uncoupler, and the death of cells exposed to radiation is thought by some to be brought about in this way.
The reasons are not precisely known, but one possibility is the death of cells from a poorly understood process known as apoptosis.
That is, too much sunlight can cause oxidation and death of cells, bleaching a plant like a cheap T-shirt left on a clothesline for too long.
However, current intra-cellular application of antibodies requires that the membrane be rendered leaky, resulting in the death of cells.
The smart "nanobomb" detonated by external stimuli could be used to effectively induce traumatic death of cells.
Mitochondria are increasingly recognized as central players in the life and death of cells and especially of neurons.
In the examples cited above, the death of cells, organs, or individual plants appears to be "programmed" and, in some sense, adaptive.
