This is with reference to the Research article on apoptosis (R. Lewis, The Scientist, Febr. 6, 1995, page 15). The term apoptosis first (I believe) appeared in 1972, in a paper by Kerr et al. (J.F.R. Kerr, A.H. Wyllie, A.R. Currie, British Journal of Cancer, 26:239, 1972).
In fact, in a footnote on page 241, the authors thank "Professor James Cormack of the Department of Greek, University of Aberdeen for suggesting this term." I think all of us working on any aspect of apoptosis should be cognizant of the origin of the term.
- Deepti Pradhan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Penn State University
- University Park, Pa. 16802
- E-mail: pxh@psuvm.psu.edu
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