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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) has long been known to scientists as the key player in regulating cell proliferation and death. But only recently have scientists begun to understand how TNF and its related family members, the death ligands, function.
Diseases including cancer and AIDS are now known to be characterized by dysregulated apoptosis involving a subgroup...
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