Death is the inevitable fate of all living organisms, whether at the individual or cellular level.
For a long time, cell death was believed to be an undesirable but unavoidable final outcome …

Cell death, as a final cellular decision which is reached following complex communications,
represents a critical process with which to maintain organismic homeostasis. Different …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are highly reactive oxygen-containing molecules generated
as natural byproducts during cellular processes, including metabolism. Under normal …

Cytoplasmic vacuolization (also called cytoplasmic vacuolation) is a well-known
morphological phenomenon observed in mammalian cells after exposure to bacterial or viral …

The mitochondrial calcium uniporter is an evolutionarily conserved calcium channel, and its
biophysical properties and relevance to cell death, bioenergetics and signalling have been …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has the potential to make a significant impact on cancer
treatment. PDT can sensitize malignant tissues to light, leading to a highly selective effect if …

The identification of new bioactive compounds derived from medicinal plants with significant
therapeutic properties has attracted considerable interest in recent years. Such is the case of …

Standard anti-cancer therapies promote tumor growth suppression mainly via induction of
apoptosis. However, in most cases cancer cells acquire the ability to escape apoptotic cell …

Seven rhenium (I) complexes of the general formula fac-[Re (CO) 3 (NN)(OH2)]+ where NN=
2, 2′-bipyridine (8), 4, 4′-dimethyl-2, 2′-bipyridine (9), 4, 4′-dimethoxy-2, 2′-bipyridine …

Programmed cell death (PCD) is the universal process that maintains cellular homeostasis
and regulates all living systems' development, health and disease. Out of all, apoptosis is …