BACKGROUND Cryopreservation has been extensively used in assisted reproductive
technology, agriculture and conservation programmes for endangered species. The …

Controversy has surrounded a role for apoptosis in the loss of neurons in Parkinson's
disease (PD). Although a variety of evidence has supported an apoptotic contribution to PD …

Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (T dT) d U TP N ick-E nd L abeling (TUNEL) assay
has been designed to detect apoptotic cells that undergo extensive DNA degradation during …

Cold atmospheric helium plasma jets were fabricated and utilized for plasma–cell
interactions. The effect of operating parameters and jet design on the generation of specific …

Initiation of apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is an important issue in cancer treatment
as cancer cells frequently have acquired the ability to block apoptosis and thus are more …

Apoptosis, the terminal morphological and biochemical events of programmed cell death, is
characterized by specific changes in cell surface and nuclear morphology. In addition, DNA …

Background Breast cancers with a triple negative tumor (TNT) subtype (as defined by
lacking protein expression of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and …

Apoptosis has gained central importance in the study of many biological processes,
including neoplasia, neurodegenerative diseases, and development. One of the limitations …

Birth asphyxia can cause moderate to severe brain injury. It is unclear to what degree
apoptotic or necrotic mechanisms of cell death account for damage after neonatal hypoxia …

Kary Mullis was awarded a Nobel Prize for inventing the PCR technique more than 15 years
ago in 1993. Since its" discovery", multiple adaptations and variations of the standard PCR …