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Nature 392, 442-443 (2 April 1998) | doi:10.1038/33025

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Apoptosis:  Phagocytic docking without shocking

John Savill1

Apoptosis, a programmed form of cell death central to health and disease, is both topical and tidy. Doomed cells are swiftly identified and engulfed by phagocytes.

  1. John Savill is in the Division of Renal and Inflammatory Disease, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
    e-mail: Email: john.savill@nottingham.ac.uk