biological concept

Individual cells in a population of bacteria can sacrifice their lives for others to achieve a greater common good.

Biologists have described a new biological concept in which self-sacrifice and self-destruction play an important role.

(ETH Zurich/Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Individual cells in a population of bacteria can sacrifice their lives for others to achieve a greater common good.

Published in the scientific publication Nature, ETH Zurich biologists have described a new biological concept in which self-sacrifice and self-destruction play an important role.