Here’s how fast cell death can strike
Scientists have clocked the speed of a form of cellular suicide called apoptosis
![prostate tumor cells going through apoptosis](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/080818_TI_cell-death_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
DYING BY THE NUMBERS In this electron micrograph, prostate tumor cells dying from a type of programmed cell death called apoptosis are shown (purple) alongside healthy cancer cells (yellow). Scientists are learning more about how apoptosis spreads through cells.
Khuloud T. Al-Jamal and Izzat Suffian/Wellcome Collections (CC by 4.0)