Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi is awarded Nobel Prize in medicine

Monday, October 3, 2016 - 05:51 in Biology & Nature

Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the mechanisms of autophagy. The Karolinska Institute said autophagy is a "fundamental process for degrading and recycling cellular components." The Times will update this article. MORE IN SCIENCE...

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