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 ...

A new research paper titled "Live while the DNA lasts. The role of autophagy in DNA loss and survival of diploid yeast cells during chronological aging" has been published in Aging. Aging is ...

With the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his pioneering work in the early 1990s elucidating the genetic basis of the autophagic “self-eating” process, this ...

Autophagy is a natural cellular process where your body clears out and replaces damaged cell parts with new ones. Fasting, exercising, restricting calories, or following a ketogenic diet can speed up ...