Neat News 277 (added 2016-10-03)

Recycling in Cells

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Yoshinori Ohsumi receives the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for the discovery how cells recycle material by a process called "self eating" (autophagy). This understanding may pave the way for the treatment of some medical conditions caused by malfunctioning cells.

News seen at: BBC - Health