... sharp distinction between "active euthanasia- and "passive euthanasia."" The first of these terms, "active euthanasia,"" refers to any action that directly contributes to the death of someone who is terminally ill or in great pain. "Passive euthanasia,"" on the other hand, refers to a decision not to treat a life threatening ... illustrate the basic difference between killing and letting die, Rachels constructs an analogy of two hypothetical men, Smith and Jones, who both desire the death of their young cousins in order to receive an inheritance. In the first case, the man actively drowns...

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... related human encephalitic viruses. Our laboratory has extended the use of Sindbis virus as a tool to study the role of programmed cell death in a variety of human disorders. We found that Sindbis virus infects and induces classic apoptotic cell death in a variety of cultured cell lines and in cultured primary neurons. Despite its broad tropism in cell culture, sindbis virus is profoundly ... Sindbis virus-induced apoptosis to produce a persistent virus infection is not understood. Similarly, it is not understood why mosquitoes and mosquito cell lines often fail to under go programmed c...

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