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Programmed cell death

You may be familiar with how cells divide and proliferate during a process called mitosis. But did you know that every day around 60 billion of the cells in your body die? This process of cell death is a necessary part of maintaining a healthy body and in this article we learn how and why cells undergo this highly regulated process called programmed cell death.

Shannon Harper

The chemicals ingested when smoking damage the DNA in cells, which leads to cell death.
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Programmed cell death

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