Some Cells Self-destruct For The Greater Common Good

Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 17:21 in Biology & Nature

Individual cells in a population of bacteria can sacrifice their lives for others to achieve a greater common good. Published in the scientific publication Nature, ETH Zurich biologists have described a new biological concept in which self-sacrifice and self-destruction play an important role.

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