In plants, senescence causes fruit to become ripe and tree leaves to change color in the fall, while in humans, programmed cell death is linked to many of the degenerative diseases associated with aging. By watching bananas under UV light, researchers can actually watch cell death in action and track its progress at the molecular level—perhaps a first step in better understanding plant life cycles."It's a completely new way to look into a critical process in a cell's life," said study co-author Bernhard Kräutler, a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
As a bonus, he added, the research can be done without wasting any tasty fruit: "We can measure this phenomenon on the intact banana and study it—and eat the banana later." similar to a painting in still life. with out the moments of diversification of the cells, their more from art viewing later =).
