For example, researchers will measure cell death to determine a drug’s anticancer effectiveness. Scientists commonly use caspase assays to evaluate apoptosis, evaluating caspase activation—a hallmark ...

Evasion of cell death is a hallmark of cancer cells that enables them to overcome endogenous barriers to cancer development ...

In Ming-Chiu Fung’s immunology lab, Hogan had been investigating how disturbances in the cytoskeletons of cells might contribute to the fragmentation of mitochondria during apoptosis, the most ...

Samples were assessed for the presence of apoptotic, necrotic and live cells using the Vybrant Apoptosis assay (Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR, USA). Fluorescent staining was visualized using a ...