A new study unravels the relationship between mitofusins (mitochondrial proteins) and autophagy. Using gene editing with CRISPR-Cas9, the team has been able to study these proteins without altering ...
Autophagy—meaning "self-eating" in Greek—is a fundamental cellular mechanism that preserves cell health by recycling and degrading worn-out or dysfunctional components. Serving as an essential ...
Pain is essential to survival: It signals injury and modifies an animal’s behavior to promote healing, dying down once the danger passes. But sometimes, this biological alarm fails to switch off, ...