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Apoptosis is an important thing for the brain — the brain needs to weed out some of the cells.
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He also uses Apoptosis which is an equivalent of Dispelga, removing all your buffs and his debuffs.
IGN Complete 2010
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Apoptosis which is not for the purpose of preservation of organism is triggered as a result of some pathology, due to some injury to the cell.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
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Apoptosis: the regulated process of cell death that occurs in most cells, involving specific cascades of genes and proteins.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Apoptosis: the regulated process of cell death that occurs in most cells, involving specific cascades of genes and proteins.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Apoptosis: the regulated process of cell death that occurs in most cells, involving specific cascades of genes and proteins.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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“Apoptosis” comes from a Greek word meaning “leaves falling off trees,” and the same thing happens here, genetically.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Apoptosis is programmed cell death, and it is involved, for example, in the development of fingers and toes.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Apoptosis is defined as “programmed cell death” since it must be a highly regulated process.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book Jack Canfield 2009
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“Apoptosis” comes from a Greek word meaning “leaves falling off trees,” and the same thing happens here, genetically.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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