New Form of Cell Death Discovered
December 3, 2007 | Source: ScienceNOW Daily News
Scientists have discovered a novel form of cell death in which cells crawl inside other cells to die. The process, dubbed entosis, may be a method of suppressing tumors, Harvard Medical School researchers say.

A cancer cell (left) and a normal breast cell (right) sit inside other cells (green rings). (Michael Overholtzer/Harvard Medical School)