A new study from Stanford Medicine has found that stopping an overactive enzyme in the brain might help protect and even ...

Lam has studied the process at the heart of the enzyme's pivotal role in plant health—a phenomenon known as programmed cell death or cell suicide—for the past 30 years.

In particular, these plant products were high in derivates of a compound called quercetin, which was associated with an ability to prevent oxidative stress-induced cell death and chelate copper ions.

The Potash Development Association (PDA) has recently reviewed those factors that can impact on stress levels within a crop ...

Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose microfibrils intertwined with polysaccharides like hemicellulose or pectin.

The process of necrosis, a form of cell death, ... It could be a lack of oxygen, inflammation, oxidative stress, a build-up of toxins, and so on.

Scientists have discovered a new contender in the quest to hack the human aging process, and it’s a little-studied protein within a cell structure that also doesn’t get a lot of airtime in ...

Cell death does everything from fighting cancer cells and pathogens to forming your fingers and toes. ... This inflammatory cell death is typically triggered by bacteria, viruses or stress.

Newly released video shows two UK prisoners breaking into giant smiles moments before they viciously beat a convicted sex offender to death in his cell. Footage released Thursday shows a shirtless ...

Listen carefully, and a plant may tell you it’s thirsty. Dry tomato and tobacco plants emit distinct ultrasonic clicks, scientists report March 30 in Cell.The noises sound something like a kid ...

Smoking significantly increases suicidal erythrocyte death, potentially leading to anemia and microcirculation issues, despite showing no adverse effects on overall red blood cell indices.