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Cells routinely self-cannibalize to take out their trash, aiding in survival and disease prevention

  • Written by Åsa Gustafsson, Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego
Cells routinely self-cannibalize to take out their trash, aiding in survival and disease preventionIllustration of an autophagosome (light blue double-membrane to the right) engulfing cellular material.David S. Goodsell and Daniel Klionsky/RCSB PDB-101, CC BY-SA

Don’t let the textbook diagram of a simplified two-dimensional cell fool you – within this tiny structure of life is a complex universe of molecular machinery that is...

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