TY - CHAP AU - María A. García AU - Esther Carrasco AU - Alberto Ramírez AU - Gema Jiménez AU - Elena López-Ruiz AU - Macarena Perán AU - Manuel Picón AU - Joaquín Campos AU - Houria Boulaiz AU - Juan Antonio Marchal ED - Tobias M. Ntuli Y1 - 2012-08-16 PY - 2012 T1 - Apoptosis as a Therapeutic Target in Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells: Novel Strategies and Futures Perspectives N2 - This book looks at the latest research studies on apoptosis in medicine. It is divided into three sections for convenient and easy reading. The first section which comprises two chapters is an introduction of the subject of apoptosis to the uninitiated. The second section which comprises a single solitary chapter looks at apoptosis in normal physiology during bone resorption under mechanical stress. The third and the final section reviews apoptosis in a number of pathological conditions with an emphasis on cancer. BT - Apoptosis and Medicine SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/48267 DO - 10.5772/48267 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-23 ER -