Recent studies suggest that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), like other coronaviruses, hijacks various host cell machinery such as autophagy for replication and ...

A new study sheds light on how autophagy, the body's process for removing damaged cell parts, when impaired, can play a role in causing heart failure. "Heart failure remains a leading cause of ...

Scientists from Brown University say they have demonstrated a novel method for stimulating autophagy. In a study (“Nuclear Export Inhibition Enhances HLH-30/TFEB Activity, Autophagy, and Lifespan”), ...

Four genetic variants associated with autophagy are linked to increased CLL risk, providing insights into disease biology and potential future screening efforts. The study confirmed associations ...

Neurodegeneration in brain cells may be happening when the natural cellular cleaning process malfunctions due to falling levels of a niacin-related coenzyme and leaves cells starved of energy, new ...

A feature of pancreatic cancer cells' surroundings determines whether they grow fast or become resistant to chemotherapy, a new study shows. The ability of these cancer cells to adapt quickly and ...

Investigators at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) say they have begun the first analysis of autophagy in a living animal as it ages. Autophagy is the normal physiological ...

Downy mildew is a persistent threat to Brassica vegetable production, but the molecular triggers that help plants resist this ...