Talk:Autophagy
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[edit] Auto-destruct sequence
Programmed cell death says the organelles are destroyed "in a specific sequence", and I want to know what it is. —Keenan Pepper 04:17, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merge from Self-cannibalism?
Since this is basically the same thing as self-cannibalism, and the article even says so, why not merge the two? Wikipedia's not a dictionary. Trappleton 08:31, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose - Autophagy, in medical terminology, refers to a specific form of cell death. The term is synonymous with self-cannibalism only in general usage. These are two distinct phenomena that deserve seperate articles. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 08:28, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose. Two different things, two different articles. —Keenan Pepper 09:35, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose. - The two are entirely distinct topics, which therefore justifies separate wikipedia entries. I find the fact that the issue is even up for discussion rather surprising. Sober Disposition 22:15, 29 August 2006
- Oppose.autophagy is a normal and even necessary process in cell biology. Most of the time it's like a turnover rather than a nutritional process. Self-cannibalism its an aberrant behaviour.--Gustavocarra (talk) 20:37, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Programmed Cell Death
The article claims there is no conclusive evidence pointing to this being a type of programmed cell death, but I had a lecture a few weeks ago by the head of a haematology research lab who claimed it definitely was. I may be wrong - she was a bit of an idiot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andykinosis (talk • contribs) 03:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
