Die Already: The Cellular Rebellion Against Apoptosis

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Die Already: The Cellular Rebellion Against Apoptosis

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The cellular drama of apoptosis in one perfect scene! Your body's cells are constantly getting the "time to go" signal, but some are just ridiculously stubborn about it. The guy with guns pointed at him is the perfect representation of a cell that's received multiple caspase activation signals, cytochrome c release, and death receptor binding—yet somehow still clinging to existence. The body is basically screaming "YOUR MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE IS LITERALLY PERFORATED, PLEASE JUST PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE FLIP AND DIE ALREADY!" But the cell is just sitting there with that defiant look. Classic rebellious cell behavior that can literally lead to cancer if it keeps ignoring those signals. Programmed cell death has never been so dramatically accurate!

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