Ferroptosis: Cells Rusting to Death

Your cells have a secret self-destruct mode that literally runs on iron. It is called ferroptosis,

and it is basically your cells rusting to death from the inside out. Unlike normal cell

death where things tidy up quietly, this is a chaotic explosion of the cell membrane caused

by fat oxidation. Scientists are freaking out about this because it is a total game changer for cancer.

We could potentially hack this mechanism to force drug-resistant tumors to blow themselves up.

It is wild to think the iron in your blood is actually a dormant kill switch waiting to be flipped.