Autophagy, which declines with age, may hold more mysteries than researchers previously suspected. Scientists have now uncovered possible novel functions for various autophagy genes, which may control ...

Autophagy has been shown to be a key player in preventing aging and diseases of aging, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and neurodegeneration. Notably, research has shown that ...

Findings underpin the scientific rationale for Anavex’s targeted autophagy approach with orally administered blarcamesineConvergence of impaired ...

A review led by Academician Yulong Yin from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has shed new light on the intricate interplay between exosomes and autophagy—two ...

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. The research team led by Dr. E. Dale Abel, chair ...

In a recent study published in the journal Neuron, researchers at the University of Cambridge and Newcastle University, UK, examined the relationship between autophagy, aging, and neurodegeneration.

While radiation therapy is an effective tool to destroy cancer cells, a new study from Vanderbilt researchers suggests that ...

When deprived of their ability to dispose of detritus via autophagy, microglia become annoyed, transitioning into a senescent, dysfunctional state. That was the upshot of a study published May 25 in ...

Unlike many trendy diets, intermittent fasting appears to deliver real benefits—provided dieters can stick to the schedule, which usually restricts eating to an eight-hour window each day. Dieters, ...

Autism and Alzheimer’s disease have long occupied separate corners of neuroscience. One is diagnosed in childhood; the other ...