The plasma membrane of apoptotic cells forms bud-like protrusions that eventually separate as membrane-bound vesicles containing remnants of the cell: these are referred to as apoptotic bodies. The chromatin in the nucleus of these cells goes through remarkable changes leading to condensation and finally, to a breakdown of the nucleus. The nuclear fragments are emitted by the cell as apoptotic bodies. Biochemically, the nuclear DNA in apoptotic cells gets cleaved by activated endonucleases into 200 to 300 kb and 30 to 50 kb fragments, which may get further cleaved into internucleosomal, 180 to 200-bp fragments. (4,5)