Necrobiology

The word is derived from the Greek νεκρό meaning "death", βìο meaning "life", and λόγος meaning "the study of".

"The term cell necrobiology is introduced to comprise the life processes associated with morphological, biochemical, and molecular changes which predispose, precede, and accompany cell death, as well as the consequences and tissue response to cell death. The term combines necros (‘‘death’’) and bios (‘‘life’’), which on first thought appears contradictory. However, in preparation for- and in the course of- cell death, a complex cascade of biological processes, typical of cell life, takes place." Cytometry in cell necrobiology: analysis of apoptosis and accidental cell death (necrosis).

In the video game Splatterhouse (2010 video game), Necrobiology is fictionalized as a scientific study in which dead matter can be reanimated.

References

This article has been cited (June 2011) over 700 times in scientific literature (Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge)[1]

See the following links related to this term:

• http://www.biomedexperts.com/Abstract.bme/9000580/Cytometry_in_cell_necrobiology_analysis_of_apoptosis_and_accidental_cell_death_necrosis BiomedExperts: Cytometry in cell necrobiology: analysis of apoptosis and accidental cell death (necrosis)] BiomedExperts
• Cytometry in cell necrobiology: Analysis of apoptosis and accidental cell death (necrosis) | Mendeley
• cytotoxicity detection
• Paintings from the Inside Time series, oil paintings by Julie Newdoll
• [2] Cell necrobiology revisited - recent article on cell necrobiology
• [3] New methods in analysis of dying cells

See also

• apoptosis
• necrosis
• programmed cell death