1. By Syeda Nida Zaidi

3. So Apoptosis is,
“ The process of programmed cell
death (PCD) that may occur
in multicellular organisms.
Biochemical events lead to
characteristic cell changes
(morphology) and death.”

4. Apoptosis is a simple transliteration
of Greek apoptosis "falling off" from
apoptein "to fall off.
German scientist Carl Vogt was first
to describe the principle of
apoptosis in 1842.