Cellular Self-eating Promotes Pancreatitis

Monday, June 30, 2008 - 09:21 in Health & Medicine

To survive tough times, cells sometimes resort to a form of self-cannibalism called autophagy. But autophagy can have a down side, destroying the pancreas by prematurely activating a digestive enzyme.

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