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Apoptosis is a term derived from the Greek for “the falling of leaves from a tree” and refers to the programmed cell death process by which an organism’s own autonomous mechanisms eliminate aged, damaged, or unwanted cells in an energy-dependent manner without leaving traces. It was first defined as “programmed cell death” in 1964 and the term “apoptosis” was introduced into the literature in 1972 by Kerr and colleagues. Kerr observed condensed chromatin fragments within the nuclei of cells duri