Apoptotic cell death is essential for the development of multicellular organisms. Paradoxically, three proteins instrumental in apoptosis also collaborate to preserve life by preventing necrotic cell death. See Letters p.363, p.368 & p.373
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Peter, M. Apoptosis meets necrosis. Nature 471, 310–312 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/471310a
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