Our immune system has various ways to deal with threats from the outside like pathogens. One of the defence mechanisms is a process called autophagy. 'You can imagine autophagy as the vacuum cleaner ...

Autophagy, which declines with age, may hold more mysteries than researchers previously suspected. Scientists have now uncovered possible novel functions for various autophagy genes, which may control ...

Autophagy leads to the lysosomal degradation of cytosolic components and organelles. The best understood role for autophagy is directing the removal of damaged or unwanted products. Autophagy can be ...

Protein aggregates, damaged organelles, and invading bacteria are identified and removed in healthy cells. An international ...

To stay healthy, our cells rely on a self-cleaning mechanism that removes defective or unnecessary components. This process, ...

A new discovery from an international collaborative research team has solved the mystery of how cells turn on their recycling ...

Research from investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center, shows the intracellular process of ...

Autophagy has been shown to be a key player in preventing aging and diseases of aging, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and neurodegeneration. Notably, research has shown that ...

Daniela Hernandez extends her health and science reporting to cover a variety of relevant subjects from Covid-19 to climate change.

By identifying and characterizing three key autophagy genes and tracking their responses under environmental stress, the study could help improve fish ...