On 9 Dec 2003 23:17:55 -0000, zy2012 at columbia.edu wrote:
>>Hi Everyone
>I have the following question for long time. I hope I can get
>answer from you. Thank you in advance.
>Any drug can cause apoptosis as long as the concentration of the
>drug is enough high to injure the cell.
?? I'm not sure that is true. Apoptosis is not merely death, but a
specific style of death.
>However, some drugs can
>truly induce apoptosis. This is a traditional concept of apoptosis.
>So, how do we identify a drug which can induce traditional
>apoptosis.
I think we need to resolve the first point before addressing this one.
bob