Death is a part of living�and an essential one. From conception onward, cells divide over and over again. Their endless proliferation would quickly lead to elephantine bodies were it not for a compensating death of cells.
Thriving cancer cell (left) lacks the vacuoles–clear, fluid-filled patches–that characterize cell undergoing paraptosis (right), a novel form of cell suicide.
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