Teaching human cells to clean house to delay ageing and fight neurodegeneration

Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 09:20 in Health & Medicine

Monash researchers have unlocked a key process in all human cells that contributes to diseases like cancer and neurodegenerative diseases as well as ageing. The discovery reveals how cells efficiently get rid of cellular junk, which when it accumulates, can trigger death and the health problems associated with getting older. Autophagy is the ‘clean-up crew’ […]

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