Apoptosis
... ) is one of the main types of programmed cell
death (PCD). As such, it is a process of deliberate ... contrast to necrosis , which is a form of cell
death that results from acute tissue injury, apoptosis ... tissues.
Development
Programmed cell
death is an integral part of both plant and metazoan ...
Brain
... in this organ fufills some definitions of
death . Injuries to the brain tend to affect large ... vessels in the brain, is another major cause of
death and brain damage.
Other problems in the brain ... Huntington's disease , are caused by the gradual
death of individual neurons leading to decrements in ...
Cancer
... the balance between proliferation and cell
death is tightly regulated to ensure the integrity of ... support comes from the fact that lung cancer
death rates in the United States have mirrored smoking ... followed by dramatic increases in lung cancer
death rates and, more recently, decreases in smoking ...
Diabetes mellitus
... development, progressing to unconsciousness and
death if untreated.
Diagnostic approach
The ... usually results in full recovery, though
death can result from inadequate treatment or a variety ... cases, leading to coma and/or seizures or even
death and brain damage. Experienced diabetics can often ...
Evolution
... usually requiring hard parts (like bone) and
death near a site where sediments are being ... accidental) often lead to the malfunction or
death of a cell and can cause cancer .
Mutations ... of extinction is generally considered to be the
death of the last individual of that species. ...
Human
... 1 Terminology
2 Biology
2.1 Birth and
death
2.2 Physiology
2.3 Genetics
2.4 ...
A human skeleton
Birth and
death
The life of the individual begins at ... uterus. Human life ends with the individual's
death .
Compared with that in other species, human ...
Thermoregulation
... convulsions may set in towards the end, and a
death somewhat similar to that of asphyxia takes place. ... apparently ceasing, then beginning again.
death appeared to be mainly due to asphyxia, and the ... life impossible. H.M. Vernon has done work on the
death temperature and paralysis temperature ...
Avian influenza
... 3 to 5 days. Symptoms in animals vary, but virulent strains can cause
death within a few days.
Avian influenza in humans
Of the 15 subtypes ... areas), and the outbreak was contained by March, but the total human
death toll in Vietnam and Thailand was 23 people.
In February 2004 , avian ...
Ebola
... Ebola is still unknown today (Fact Sheet No. 103).
Another case was the
death of a nightclub owner in Nzara who could afford to go to the fancier ... internal and external, commonly through the gastrointestinal tract .
death or recovery to convalescence occurs within six to ten days.
...
Eugenics
... Holocaust , and much of the killing equipment and methods employed in the
death camps were first developed in their euthanasia program. The scope and ... of knowledge about breeding to the arena of human life. Before the
death camps of World War II , the idea that eugenics, in an ultimate ...
Gene
... in the past. Often, many individual organisms share a gene; thus, the
death of an individual need not mean the extinction of the gene. Indeed, if the ... enhances the survivability of other individuals with the same gene, the
death of an individual may enhance the overall survival of the gene. This is the ...
Growth curve
... 5-Fluoro Uracil ) interfere with DNA replication and can cause the
death of cells that attempt to replicate their DNA and divide. A rapidly growing tumor will have more actively dividing cells and more cell
death upon exposure to such anticancer drugs.
In the example shown in Figure ...
Insulin
... assistance is essential, as damage (to brain and other tissues) and even
death will result from sufficiently low blood glucose levels.
Beta cells in ... deprivation due to the removal or destruction of the pancreas leads to
death in days or at most weeks. Insulin must be administered to patients in whom ...
Alcohol
... result in a state known as drunkenness or intoxication and, depending on the dose and regularity of use, can cause acute respiratory failure or
death and with chronic use can cause severe health problems, such as liver and brain damage.
Other alcohols are substantially more poisonous than ...
Blood
... from consuming blood, it is also forbidden to receive blood transfusions .
Vampire legends
Vampires are fictional beings thought to cheat
death by drinking the blood of the living. Porphyrias , a group of inherited or acquired disorders , may have been the source of vampire legends.
...
Charles Darwin
... that "Whilst on board the Beagle I was quite orthodox" he later struggled with faith and became increasingly agnostic , particularly after the
death of his daughter Anne .
A popular Christian urban legend known as the " Lady Hope Story " claims (variously) that he " converted " to ...
Cloning
... Genetic Savings and Clone was established to provide such a service, with Little Nicky being the first pet cloned by the company after the
death of the original cat. The procedure is still very expensive and has little demand. However, demand could be generated from unexpected quarters, such ...
Colchicine
... the toxic dose has been ingested and include burning in the mouth and throat, fever , vomiting , diarrhea , abdominal pain and kidney failure .
death from respiratory failure can follow. There is no antidote.
Laboratory use
In laboratory setting colchicine is also used for inducing ...
Cryptozoology
... in 18th century France)
The Bunyip
Chupacabra
Crocotta
Dobhar-chu
Gulon
Hyote
Japanese Wolf
Jersey Devil
Mongolian
death Worm
Thylacine
The Beast of Funen
Herbivorous mammals
Bonnacon
Jackalope (fictional)
Kting Voar
Megatherium
...
Edward's syndrome
... rate for Edward's Syndrome is still incredibly low. Only 5 - 10% of liveborn infants will survive their first year of life. Major causes of
death include apnea and heart abnormalities. It is impossible to predict the prognosis of an Edward's Syndrome child during pregnancy or the ...
Entomology
... the study of insects that scavenge on corpses ; knowledge of their habits can yield useful information about crimes, such as an approximate time of
death or whether or not a victim was alive during a fire, using facts such as what stage of the life cycle the insect/bug is in, et cetera.
Taxonomic ...
Extinction
... ecology , extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the
death of the last individual of that species. Extinction is a natural phenomenon; it is estimated that 99.9% of all species that have ever lived are now ...
Fungus
... . Parasitic fungi infect animals , including humans , other mammals , birds , and insects , with consequences varying from mild itching to
death . Other parasitic fungi infect plants , causing diseases such as butt rot and making trees more vulnerable to toppling. The vast majority of ...
Gene duplication
... gene . The significance of this process for evolutionary biology is that if a gene is under natural selection , most mutations will lead to the
death of the organism. When a gene is duplicated selection may be removed from one copy and now the other gene locus is free to mutate and discover new ...
Homunculus
... the mandrake . Popular belief held that this plant grew where the semen sometimes ejaculated by hanged men during the last convulsive spasms before
death fell to the ground, and its roots vaguley resemble a human form to varying degrees. The root was to be picked before dawn on a Friday morning by a ...
Life
... with no simple definition. Life may refer to:
the ongoing process of which living things are a part;
the period between the birth and
death of an organism ;
the condition of an entity that has been born and has yet to die; , that which makes a living thing alive.
Contents ...
Liver
... some poisons, autoimmunity or hereditary conditions.
Cirrhosis is the formation of fibrous tissue in the liver, replacing dead liver cells. The
death of the liver cells can for example be caused by alcoholism or other toxins, or hepatitis
Hemochromatosis , a hereditary disease causing the ...
Louis Pasteur
... that grew in such broths came from outside, as spores on dust, rather than being spontaneously generated within the broth. Thus, Pasteur dealt the
death blow to the theory of spontaneous generation and supported germ theory.
While Louis Pasteur did not develop germ theory ( Girolamo Fracastoro ...
Malaria
... . There may be the feeling of tingling in the skin, particularly with malaria caused by P. falciparum . Complications of malaria include coma and
death if untreated—young children are especially vulnerable.
Other mammals ( bats , rodents , non-human primates ) as well as birds and ...
Marfan syndrome
... to lead to rupture, a nickel-titanium stent may be inserted. Rupture of the aorta, or aortic dissection , is the most common cause of sudden
death among Marfan syndrome sufferers.
The skeletal and ocular manifestations of Marfan syndrome can also be serious, although not life-threatening. ...
Blood type
... likely to occur if the child carries either the A or B antigen and the mother does not. In the past, Rh incompatibility could result in stillbirth or
death of the mother. Rh incompatibility was until recently the most common cause of long term disability in the United States. At first, this was treated ...
Stem cell
... used to support research on human embryonic stem cells, but that funding would be limited to "existing (embryonic) stem cell lines where the life and
death decision has already been made". President Bush also stated that the federal government would continue to support research involving stem cells from ...