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What is cellular damage?

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Damage at the cellular level - such as damage to mitochondria or enzymes, damage to the DNA or damage to the cell membrane.

If the damage is serious enough, this will lead to either apoptosis (programmed, controlled cell-death), or necrosis (spontaneous, unplanned death).

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Accumulation of water in the cell

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