title: Programming cell death in the 1960s: developmental biology beyond dichotomy.
abstract: Programmed cell death (PCD) has been one of the most significant topics in modern biomedical research. Its broad importance in many biological and pathological phenomena, including morphogenesis, autoimmune disease, and cancer, demonstrates that its origin deserves a historical examination. By analyzing the role of developmental biology of the 1960s in shaping the notion of a program, this paper explains the emergence of a close correlation between not only life and death, but also the normal and the pathological in the postwar study of cell death.
authors.affiliation: History Programme, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 14 Nanyang Drive, HSS 05-14, 637332 Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: park0717@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hyung Wook
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D016923:Cell Death; D015509:Developmental Biology / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans
keywords: Death; Developmental biology; Life; Programmed cell death; The normal; The pathological