Enduring a week’s worth of cold water plunges can jolt the body’s cells into starting the process of autophagy to clean up ...

Therefore, starvation-induced autophagy was likely selected first in unicellular organisms, and later retained in multicellular organisms. In mammals, autophagy is not only induced by starvation ...

Physical activity stresses cells and causes damage, which autophagy can repair. Regular exercise does not only induce autophagy but also promotes the overall cellular and metabolic well-being of ...

Most current autophagy inducers are chemical synthetics, so it is interesting to see how trehalose, as a natural substance, contributes to human well-being,” says Higashiyama. Trehalose’s role ...

Josephine Thinwa shares her journey to becoming a physician scientist and how this led her to investigate the role of a neurologically important kinase in virus-induced autophagy. Just like people ...