Novel Mechanism Identified in Cells in Close Proximity

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December 15, 2015

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Basic Research

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Researchers at Florida Atlantic University are the first to show that cells in close proximity to each other can sense when a cell is dying due to environmental stressors like UV light and smoke, and eat the cell before it becomes toxic. The study was published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.