-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Charles T. Meyer, M.D. <[log in to unmask]> Aan: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Datum: zondag 11 juli 1999 16:23 Onderwerp: Re: PMID: silliness two [but important] Ida, Janet and Charlie, After going through several medical dictionaries I have to say Ida and Charlie are correct!! And my interpretation was wrong. I reread the apoptosis article. Does it mean then that the toxin gives apoptosis helped by intermediair activity of caspase 3. So the caspase 3-inhibitor suppresses the caspase 3 activity, thus inhibiting the toxin to cause apoptosis??? Hans.