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Study illuminates fundamental mechanisms of intracellular lipid recycling
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Previous studies identified the proteins Atg15, Pep4, and Prb1 as essential actors in this process. However, the relationship between these proteins and the underlying mechanisms remains unknown. A research team has recently made significant progress towards solving this puzzle.
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Study sheds light on molecular principles underlying intracellular lipid r
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists employed yeast as a model organism to shed light on some of the complexities of autophagy.
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How brain cells are starved of energy in autophagy dysfunction: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to new research, neurodegeneration in brain cells may occur when the normal cellular cleansing mechanism failed owing to declining levels of a coenzyme related to niacin and deprives cells of energy.
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Study discover neurological disease involving cellular recycling process
Updated : 3 years ago IST
ATG4D assists in the autophagy process, which cells utilise to digest and recycle harmed proteins and other damaged parts of the cell to maintain health. Although all cells in the body use autophagy, neurons rely on it more than other cells do in order to survive. However, little is understo
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Researchers find how biological markers predict risk of postpartum depress
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): A group of researchers has discovered that communication among cells is altered in pregnant women who develop postpartum depression (PPD) after giving birth.
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Potential therapeutic targets to prevent hearing loss due to antibiotics i
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 26 (ANI): New ways to study why an antibiotic causes hair cell death and permanent hearing loss in people are being developed by researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine.
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New insights into ways to use cell metabolism to treat cancer
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA] Aug 29(ANI): Researchers have discovered that cell metabolism plays an important role in the ability of cells to start a survival program called autophagy, an unwanted side effect of some anti-cancer drugs that help some tumor cells dodge treatment and eventually regrow
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Here's why resistance training is important
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 9 (ANI): Resistance training, a form of exercise that forces your skeletal muscles to contract, enhances the recycling capacity in muscles, finds a recent study.
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