In the human body, 50 billion to 70 billion cells die every
day to make room for an equivalent number of new cells that are produced
through cell division. Every year, the human body produces and kills a mass of
cells equal to its entire body weight.
Scientists are studying apopsotis, a sort of "suicide
mechanism" that instructs cells when it is time to die. Researchers are
finding that a growing number of diseases occur when the regulation of this
cell suicide program is defective.
San Diego-based Conatus Pharmaceuticals (CNAT) is at the
forefront of studying the role of apoptosis in liver disease, the 150M market
cap biotechnology company is focused on the development of emricasan. Read
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