The ability of multicellular organisms to maintain cellular homeostasis is critically dependent on a balance between cell survival and cell death (apoptosis). The responsiveness of individual cells to death signals varies greatly depending on the presence of continuous survival cues from the extracellular environment. The perturbation of normal cell survival mechanisms, leading to an increase in cell survival or cell death plays an important role in the development of a number of disease states, including cancer. BAD (BCL2 Assoc...