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As the powerhouse of the cell, mitochondria lie at the intersection of many essential biochemical pathways. When they go awry, neurodegenerative diseases can result.
Aging is a culmination of factors spanning from your cells to your environment. A number of interconnected processes determine how quickly your body is able to repair and recover from damage.
Cells degrade and recycle damaged parts of themselves through a process called autophagy. When this “self-devouring” goes awry, it may promote cancer and neurodegenerative disease.
Autophagy may be Nobel-winning research, but so far there’s no evidence that boosting how your cells recycle nutrients makes you live longer or lose weight.
Ohsumi, autophagy pioneer.
Can you imagine being so desperate for food that you would eat yourself to survive? Most people can’t but our cells do exactly this. When cells are deprived of energy and nutrients from their external…
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Director of Cancer Research. CANCER THEME, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Professor of molecular neurogenetics, University of Cambridge
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Post-Doctoral Researcher, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Assistant Professor in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
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Postdoctoral Scholar of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, University of California, San Diego
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Head, Lysosomal Health in Ageing research group, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego
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Postdoctoral researcher, Lysosomal Health in Ageing research group, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau