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 ...

We don't tend to wrap our recycling waste in bubble wrap but that's essentially what cells do during the cellular recycling process called autophagy. Using the live imaging capabilities at the ...

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 ...

Novel autophagy research traces new mammalian pathways and reveals unexpected impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The intricate biological process known as autophagy plays a vital role in keeping our ...

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

Dry eye disease happens when the lacrimal glands do not make enough tears, or the tears do not have the right balance of ...

In the future, we may see skincare products designed to control the autophagy, or cell cleansing, process, which plays an important role in skin aging and vitality. Ridofranz Getty Images/iStockphoto ...