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  • Autophagy is an ancient mechanism, shared by all eukaryotic organisms those which, unlike bacteria, keep their DNA in a membrane-bound nucleus within their cells.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Meredith Melnick 2012

  • "Autophagy induction may contribute to the beneficial metabolic effects of exercise," they concluded.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com webmaster@huffingtonpost.com 2012

  • "Autophagy affects metabolism and has wide-ranging health-related benefits in the body, and so does exercise," says Dr. Beth Levine, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at U.T. Southwestern.

    NYT > Home Page By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS 2012

  • Autophagy is an ancient mechanism, shared by all eukaryotic organisms those which, unlike bacteria, keep their DNA in a membrane-bound nucleus within their cells.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

  • "Autophagy affects metabolism and has wide-ranging health-related benefits in the body, and so does exercise," says Dr. Beth Levine, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at U.T. Southwestern.

    NYT > Home Page By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS 2012

  • "Autophagy induction may contribute to the beneficial metabolic effects of exercise," they concluded.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Amanda L. Chan 2012

  • Autophagy levels would stubbornly remain the same, even if the animals were starved or vigorously exercised.

    NYT > Home Page By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS 2012

  • "Autophagy induction may contribute to the beneficial metabolic effects of exercise," they concluded.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com webmaster@huffingtonpost.com 2012

  • Autophagy levels would stubbornly remain the same, even if the animals were starved or vigorously exercised.

    NYT > Home Page By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS 2012

  • Autophagy is believed to confer stress resistance to cells by providing energy and disposing of old or damaged cell parts that might otherwise prove harmful to the cell over time, and it is not unique to cancer cells: Coller studies a metabolic state known as cellular quiescence in fibroblast cells.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

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