Vol.26 No.3（2004 June）：257-260

Scientific Method of Researching Programmed Cell Death

ZHANG Wen Gen*, ZHANG Xue Ying

（Department of Chemistry,Weinan Teachers College, Weinan 714000, China）

Abstract: The 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the history of researching programmed cell death, the methodological characteristic and historical lessons in both epistemology and methodology are discussed. The study is of great importance to the explorations of new fields in biology.

Key words: programmed cell death; molecular regulation; methodological characteristic; historical lessons

*Corresponding author, E-mail: sxwntsg@btamail.net.cn