Autophagy works in cell nucleus to guard against start of cancer
Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 12:50
in Health & Medicine
Autophagy, the degradation of unwanted cellular bits and pieces by the cell itself, has been shown for the first time to also work in the cell nucleus. In addition, in this setting autophagy plays a role in guarding against the start of cancer and is related to the aging process.