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What is apoptosis?
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Cell deletes itself: A cell turns itself into an inert mass that is eliminated, for the good of the rest of the body. Your skin cells that flake off daily are undergoing apoptosis, and many other cells do this in health and disease. Cell self-destruction.
Answered 5/31/2013
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