It can destroy cells in the body which divide, and thus indirectly kill a person.

The new cells may destroy other cells in your body.

Phagocytosis is process the human body uses to destroy dead or foreign cells.

It was impossible to avoid damaging or destroying healthy cells.

But it is not expected to destroy cells in which the virus lies dormant.

This procedure uses radio waves to heat and destroy abnormal cells, which may become cancer.

However, if one is trying to destroy single cells, the ion beam may be one's "weapon of choice."

Now we can attack this protein and the tumour without destroying other cells.

"Complement" is the name given to a complex series of protein molecules found in the blood that destroy cells or mark them for destruction.

These cells help the body's immune system destroy foreign cells and fight infection.